Purpose
Displays a list of all valid user
names.
Description
This command can be used to
display a list of all user names on the system (one line per name).
There are no parameters for this command. The following files are
accessed in read-only mode to retrieve the user data:
- /etc/passwd
- /etc/security/user
- /etc/security/user.roles
- /etc/security/limits
- /etc/security/environ
- /etc/group
- /etc/group
Exit Status
- 0
- The command completed successfully.
- >0
- An error occurred.
Examples
- To list all the valid users in your machine enter the dispuid
command as follows:
dispuid
The output looks
similar to the following: root
daemon
bin
sys
adm
uucp
guest
nobody
lpd
invscout
imnadm
user1
Files
Item |
Description |
/usr/sbin/dispuid |
Contains the dispuid command. |
/etc/passwd |
Contains password information. |