UID

wikipedia:User identifier

• useradd -m YOUR_USERNAME --uid #### --gid #### -s /bin/bash --create-home

Linux Kernel

• ID mapping in mounts which allows to map an UID to a different one in a mount;

Related terms

• GID
• tar
• setuid flags
• id
• UID 0 root
• Kubernetes UID
• Universally unique identifier (UUID)

See also

• UID, GID, id, chown, chgrp, chmod, groups, sticky bit, stat, User ID, USER
• useradd, adduser (BusyBox), usermod, groupmod, userdel, groupadd, dscl, /Users/, groups, id