getting the uid of a system user

[Marco Herrn]

Hi I need to get the uid of a system user from the /etc/passwd file. Is
there an already existing module/function available or do I have to
parse it myself?

Marco

 

[Irmen de Jong]

Hi I need to get the uid of a system user from the /etc/passwd file. Is
there an already existing module/function available or do I have to
parse it myself?

You're probably looking for the pwd and grp modules;
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-pwd.html

--Irmen