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rohit
Asked: 2013-08-08 03:10:16 +0800 CST

How to get list of user accounts and access through root in Ubuntu terminal?

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I am using Ubuntu 13.04 and there are 5 users for the machine. I have the root password and I want to see the list of users and access the account through root in terminal.

How can I do this ?

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2 Answers

  1. sudo -i will turn you into root and looking in /home/ is usually a good indication on who the system's real users are but you can do this account-wise by searching for users with uids over 1000 with:

    awk -F: '$3 >= 1000 && $1 != "nobody" {print $1}' /etc/passwd

    If you want all the system users, look in /etc/passwd.

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  2. You can see the usernames of the Users by using the following command

    awk -F":" '{ print "Linux_name: " $1 "\t\tFull_Name: " $5 }' /etc/passwd

    If you want more details just modify the script to your needs.All the equired information are found in /etc/passwd.

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