Find out username and UID/GID

[Gerrit Holl]

Florian Lindner wrote:
> how can I find out the username and it's UID and GID on a linux system,
> using the most recent python version? If possible, without the use of extra
> libraries.

>>> import os
>>> import pwd
>>> os.getuid()
500
>>> os.getgid()
500
>>> pwd.getpwuid(500)
('gerrit', 'x', 500, 500, 'Gerrit Holl', '/home/gerrit', '/bin/bash')

I think there is a simpler way for the last one in the docs, but I'm not
entirely sure.

yours,
Gerrit.

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