Talk:User (computing)

Username

I quote:

A username is a unique name for each user. User names are
usually based on a short string of alphanumeric characters. 
Depending on the policies of the particular service, the 
name may be chosen by the user or assigned by a system 
administrator.

So is it "username" or "user name" (note the space)? If "username," then it should read, "A username is a unique name for each user. Usernames are usuall..." That is, the term should be consistently used.

--Lenehey 20:22, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

I see it more often spelled as "username" (no space). Google suggest, "Did you mean: username?" Dictionary.com says "username" is also sometimes spelled "user name." And it should be added to the article that the word "screen name" is also used to refer to the same thing. --Dara 11:03, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

If

If you would write article Mult account (or if there is such an article under another name) plz mention about it on a page Мульт by iwiki. Thanks! Carn 17:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

merge Screen name (computing) pls

Screen name (computing) = Username. ね？.--ZayZayEM 06:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

not same thing. username is an account/unix thing, screen name is an AOL/IM thing —Preceding unsigned comment added by A plague of rainbows (talk • contribs) 15:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

whoami, who, and ...?

Is there a command to see a list all existing user accounts, without having to look at /etc/passwd or the contents of /home ?
Well, maybe not:

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20 User information
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This section describes commands that print user-related information: logins, groups, and so forth.

* Menu:

* id invocation::               Print user identity.
* logname invocation::          Print current login name.
* whoami invocation::           Print effective user ID.
* groups invocation::           Print group names a user is in.
* users invocation::            Print login names of users currently logged in.
* who invocation::              Print who is currently logged in.

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Thanks in advance, --Jerome Potts (talk) 01:11, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

/etc/passwd is definitive —Preceding unsigned comment added by A plague of rainbows (talk • contribs) 02:02, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Cybernaut?

Why does cybernaut redirect here? 86.140.69.123 (talk) 18:23, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

nom d'écran

I think we should add nom d'écran (French for "screen name") to the list, as it is sometimes used in English newspapers in Europe. Any thoughts? --Thorwald (talk) 20:38, 3 November 2008 (UTC)