Commands Reference, Volume 2

dispuid Command

Purpose

Displays a list of all valid user names.

Syntax

dispuid

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

/usr/sbin/dispuid	Contains the dispuid command.
/etc/passwd	Contains password information.

Related Information

the dispgid command, lsuser command.