How do I find the original git user?

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Published on 2010-04-10T21:51:29Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 21:53 UTC
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Hi all,

I'm trying to figure out the current installation of git on a slicehost server. Following this guide, one of the early steps is to add a user, git. However, when I do a cat /etc/passwd, I don't see this user name... How do I find where my git user is?

Thanks!

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