From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-10-19T01:50:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Changing uid


Alex Young wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I really should know this, but I can't for the life of me remember how
> it goes.  I want to change users within a Ruby script on Linux, but
> Process::uid= only to takes an integer.  What's the best way to odo the
> username => UID lookup?

require 'etc'

uid = Etc.getpwnam('username').uid

Regards,

Dan