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userdbctl — Inspect users, groups, and group memberships on the system. More information: <https://www.freedeskt

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Problem

How to use the userdbctl command: Inspect users, groups, and group memberships on the system. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/userdbctl.html>.

Solution

userdbctl — Inspect users, groups, and group memberships on the system. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/userdbctl.html>.

List all known user records:

userdbctl

Show details of a specific user:

userdbctl user {{username}}

List all known groups:

userdbctl group

Show details of a specific group:

userdbctl group {{groupname}}

List all services currently providing user/group definitions to the system:

userdbctl services

Code Snippets

List all known user records

userdbctl

Show details of a specific user

userdbctl user {{username}}

List all known groups

userdbctl group

Show details of a specific group

userdbctl group {{groupname}}

List all services currently providing user/group definitions to the system

userdbctl services

Context

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