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How to find Mac OSX UID from Ubuntu

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How do you view Mac OSX user id without having to boot into OSX? I can mount the drive, but I can't find the UID for my user, which would hopefully enable me to access files without being root.

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answered 2 Years ago rhaeams · Accepted Answer

I found my answer here. This is the UID that's tied to the user account.

According to this article, the user information can be found in this file

/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/{user-name}.plist

I verified and the UID was at the bottom of the file, in my case. There's also some business about a generateduid, but that's not what you want, so ignore that.

And to check ownership of the home folder, I used stat /media/OSX/Users/someone.