How to view users in unix

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Hi,

Im newbie here and in unix as well. How can i view users in unix? Im viewed them in shadow file (i typed: vi /etc/shadow) but some unix (im confused if its unix or linux or bsd, but i think it has a little thing in common or differnce) has no shadow file?! What must i do to view the users list??? Pls help me!

Thanks! Your response is greatly appreciated!

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By the way, if this question had been answered please redirect me to that topic. I tried to search my question here in our forum but i didnt see an answer to my question!

Thanks!

More power!

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/etc/passwd

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Thank you very much!

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Take care with vi and files like /etc/shadow and etc/password - they're sooo easy to break! If you've got a modern unix then "lsuser ALL" will give you a nice (safe) listing.

cheers

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Yeah, thats the first thing I heard about unix. "Almost all or even all files are not just file, they are system files so be carefull in deleting them".

Thanks thestevew for the info and reminders!

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You can also use awk.

awk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/passwd

You can change the value to list anything from the password file. For example, this will show all UID in /etc/passwd file:

awk -F: '{ print $3 }' /etc/passwd