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get username of file owner?
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John Fry
Jun 10, 2005, 5:46:02 PM6/10/05
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Hi,
I'd like to get the username of the owner of a file in my Ruby
program. Getting the uid is easy:
File.stat("testfile").uid -> 501
Anyone have a suggestion on how to get the actual username, like
"smith"?
I'm on Solaris without root and /etc/passwd does not list explicit
usernames.
Best,
John
Fredrik Fornwall
Jun 10, 2005, 6:57:16 PM6/10/05
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Once you have the uid of a user you can get the user name by using
the getpwuid function in the Etc module
(http://rubygarden.org/ruby/ruby?ProgrammingRubyTwo/Etc).
the getpwuid function in the Etc module
(http://rubygarden.org/ruby/ruby?ProgrammingRubyTwo/Etc).
Example:
require 'etc'
uid = File.stat('testfile').uid
puts 'Owner name: ', Etc.getpwuid(uid).name
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