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> uid (unix account name) Is this a joke or for real?
by thrdbndndn 3y ago
> uid (unix account name)
Is this a joke or for real?
- enasterosophes 3y agoWhy wouldn't it be for real? Given the context of the post, the uid info is likely populated from a central source. I log into one box anywhere in their infrastructure and see who has what uids, it is evidence about who is permitted to that part of the infrastructure at that time.
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- thrdbndndn 3y agoSorry, for some reason, I thought the author meant UID stands for "unix account name". It's totally my fault for misunderstanding.
- saagarjha 3y agoRachel doesn't joke much in her posts.
- Denvercoder9 3y agoMost likely real. In LDAP, the "uid" attribute is commonly used to store the Unix account name. The numeric Unix uid/gid are stored in the "uidNumber"/"gidNumber" attributes.