Technical Notes

Manpages - getsubids.1

NAME

getsubids - get the subordinate id ranges for a user

SYNOPSIS

getsubids [/options/] USER

DESCRIPTION

The getsubids command lists the subordinate user ID ranges for a given user. The subordinate group IDs can be listed using the -g option.

OPTIONS

The options which apply to the getsubids command are:

-g

List the subordinate group ID ranges.

-h

Display help message and exit.

EXAMPLE

For example, to obtain the subordinate UIDs of the testuser:

$ getsubids testuser
0: testuser 100000 65536

This command output provides (in order from left to right) the list index, username, UID range start, and number of UIDs in range.

SEE ALSO

*login.defs*(5), *newgidmap*(1), *newuidmap*(1), *subgid*(5), *subuid*(5), *useradd*(8), *userdel*(8). *usermod*(8),