Re: [ALUG] su with user ID (not name)

Brett Parker wrote:

So, get the username...

getent passwd <uid>

That's what I was after - thanks. Seems odd that there isn't a non-truncated ls view, and that su doesn't work with a UID, though. Just discovered that although I don't have the rights to rm the files, I do have the rights to chown them, which is another (easier, now I find it!) way around... -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0845 45 89 555 Registered in England (0456 0902) at 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG