> does anybody knows of a unix command that > checks if a there is such a user on the system ? > > i meen that I'll ask if there is a username 'yossi' or 'moshe' > on this host, and I'll get an answer > > ( do not tell me 'finger', this requires a daemon ) grep "^yossi" /etc/passwd or (under NIS/YP): ypmatch yossi passwd -- Eli Marmor