17.16 Searching by Owner and GroupOften you need to look for a file belonging to a certain user or group. This is done with the -user and -group search operators. You often need to combine this with a search for particular permissions. To find all files that are set user ID ( 1.23 ) to root, use:
% To find all files that are set group ID ( 1.23 ) to staff , use:
% Instead of using a name or group from /etc/passwd ( 36.3 ) or /etc/group ( 22.13 ) , you can use the UID or GID number ( 38.3 ) :
% Often, when a user leaves a site, his account is deleted, but his files are still on the computer. Some versions of find have -nouser or -nogroup operators to find files with an unknown user or group ID. - |
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