UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Is there another command I can use to list users other than lsuser?

Can you be more specific?
You can look at the /etc/passwd file to learn all possible connections.
Are you trying to determine who is currently connected?

What?

Code:

cat /etc/passwd | cut -d \: -f1

joeyg:
I need to see what users have access to this particular UNIX box. The ls command has been blocked. I know there is another command to use because I've used it in the past but I have forgotten it.

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Skrynesaver:

Thanks that worked for me. I'm not very experienced in UNIX so I have another question. How can I send this information, with this command to a file?

Code:

cat /etc/passwd | cut -d \: -f1 > user_list

thank you Skrynesaver

You get a useless use of cat award.

cut, and any other shell utility, does not need cat's help to read a single file. Many things will take the filename directly, others can have the file redirected into them.

Code:

cut -d \: -f1 /etc/passwd > user_list