default-uid

Get the system default UID (User ID)

Install

$ npm install default-uid

Usage

import defaultUid from 'default-uid';

// On macOS
defaultUid();
//=> 501

defaultUid('linux');
//=> 1000

API

defaultUid(platform?)

platform

Type: string Default: process.platform

One of the supported Node.js platforms.

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