Re: Username length inconsistencies.
On Sun, May 31, 1998 at 11:32:18PM -0400, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
>
> Wow, I think I'm going to open a zoo for root-checking methods:)
>
Okay, how about this:
>cat /usr/local/bin/getuid
#!/bin/sh
USERNAME=`whoami`
IFS=":"
set `grep "^$USERNAME" /etc/passwd`
echo $3
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