On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Susan Day <suzieprogrammer at gmail.com> wrote: > How do I get the IUD number for a user? I believe you mean UID. You can get that by typing: id <user> For me: -bash-3.2# id ian uid=500(ian) gid=500(ian) groups=500(ian) In this case, my UID would be 500. Ian -- Ian Wilson ian.m.wilson at gmail.com http://ianwilson.org || http://www.ians-blog.com Solving site load issues with database replication is a lot like solving your own personal problems with heroin -- at first, it sorta works, but after a while things just get out of hand.