From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-10-19T01:58:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Changing uid

Daniel Berger wrote:
> 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
> 
*That*'s the one!  Thanks :-)

-- 
Alex