getting user id (from an arbitrary sys user)

hi all. What i need to know is if there is some function like os.getuid(), but taking an argument (the username, off course), so i can do getuid('myuser') Thanks you dudes! Gerardo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: getting user id (from an arbitrary sys user)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gerardo Herzig wrote: hi all. What i need to know is if there is some function like os.getuid(), but taking an argument (the username, off course), so i can do getuid('myuser') Thanks you dudes! Gerardo Please refer

Re: getting user id (from an arbitrary sys user)

Gerardo Herzig wrote: hi all. What i need to know is if there is some function like os.getuid(), but taking an argument (the username, off course), so i can do getuid('myuser') Thanks you dudes! Gerardo How about simply: import commands userid = commands.getoutput(id -u username) --