Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video will show you how to search for all user accounts on your Raspberry Pi running Raspbian.
First, open up the terminal, and then use the command
cat /etc/passwd
Then hit enter.
The list that comes up will have a bunch of accounts, likely plenty that you did not create. This is likely because some programs you have installed, set up user accounts for their daemons (software that allows them to do things in the background). It can be hard to extinguish these accounts from the real ones. Generally the real accounts are the ones that have a home directory listed after them, as well as having their shell set to bash.
This can be really helpful for removing old accounts you don't need, or get the exact name so you can change the users password.
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This video will show you how to search for all user accounts on your Raspberry Pi running Raspbian.
First, open up the terminal, and then use the command
cat /etc/passwd
Then hit enter.
The list that comes up will have a bunch of accounts, likely plenty that you did not create. This is likely because some programs you have installed, set up user accounts for their daemons (software that allows them to do things in the background). It can be hard to extinguish these accounts from the real ones. Generally the real accounts are the ones that have a home directory listed after them, as well as having their shell set to bash.
This can be really helpful for removing old accounts you don't need, or get the exact name so you can change the users password.
Check out my facebook at: facebook.com/pages/All-How-2s/198429346974010
or my twitter: twitter.com/AllHow2s
Or my website where I have a lot of other great tutorials (such as how to take a screenshot, or how to get the start button back on Windows 8): allhow2s.com
