# uid-number

> Convert a username/group name to a uid/gid number

Latest version **0.0.6** (published 2014-11-12) · ISC license · 0 weekly downloads

> **Deprecated.** This package is deprecated.

## Install

```sh
npm install uid-number
pnpm add uid-number
yarn add uid-number
bun add uid-number
```

## Health

**Score 10/100 (F)** — status: deprecated.

Negative: deprecated.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.6 |
| Published | 2014-11-12 |
| First published | 2012-02-28 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | ISC |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | * |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 18 |
| Author | Isaac Z. Schlueter |
| Maintainers | isaacs |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/uid-number
- Repository: https://github.com/isaacs/uid-number
- Issues: https://github.com/isaacs/uid-number/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/uid-number

## Recent versions

- 0.0.6 (latest) — 2014-11-12
- 0.0.5 — 2014-02-20
- 0.0.4 — 2014-02-17
- 0.0.3 — 2012-06-04
- 0.0.2 — 2012-02-28
- 0.0.1 — 2012-02-28

## README

Use this module to convert a username/groupname to a uid/gid number.

Usage:

```
npm install uid-number
```

Then, in your node program:

```javascript
var uidNumber = require("uid-number")
uidNumber("isaacs", function (er, uid, gid) {
  // gid is null because we didn't ask for a group name
  // uid === 24561 because that's my number.
})
```

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