User with uid 1001: who is this

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 08:53:40AM -0500, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> On 11/4/22 03:27, robert rottermann wrote:
> > Hi there
> > 
> > I have a folder on my Ubuntu 20.04 that has owner 1001 like so:
> > 
> > drwxrwxrwx  8   1001 abacus    4096 Nov  3 14:44  if_fernuni/
> > 
> > 
> > now I do not find any user with id 1001.
> > 
> > 
> > Who/what is that user with uid 1001?
> > 
> > 
> > thanks for your help.
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> > 
> Robert,
> 
> I just saw your request and all the replies that occurred.
> 
> If you enter the command: cat /etc/passwd in a terminal window a listing 
> of ALL users known to your system will be displayed. That should 
> identify who is assigned the userid 1001.
> 
> DO NOT DO ANY THING TO THE FILE, just look at it.
> 
There won't be an entry in /etc/passwd for UID 1001, that's why the
1001 is shown by the ls command. It's almost certainly a user who has
been deleted.

-- 
Chris Green