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linux, command to get the first non-system user id

Is there a linux command to get the first non-system user ID (first "real" user on the system) ? ( excluding root because of that https://superuser.com/questions/626843/does-the-root-account-always-have-uid-gid-0 )

Solution

  • Assuming you mean 'whats the uid of the first user added by the useradd command' - Usually its 1000 (no idea how I know this though)

    also, from a quick google search I found: https://serverfault.com/questions/362943/who-is-user-500

    it appears that it used to be 500 was the first user, but it has changed to 1000

    cat /etc/login.defs | grep UID_MIN

    will give you the minimum user id for your system