# Using numeric uid in become\_user

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-numeric-uid-in-become-user/25208>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 9, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-numeric-uid-in-become-user/25208 "2017-08-09T09:13:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gregory\_Morozov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Gregory\_Morozov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gregory_Morozov)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-numeric-uid-in-become-user/25208/1 "2017-08-09T09:13:14Z")

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Hello,  
I am getting a file list using find module.  
For each file in the resulting list I need to perform certain action with become/become\_user, user being the owner of the found file.  
However find module (I guess stat as well) does not return owner username, but only owner numerical UID.  
I tried to use UID in become\_user in the form of “#{{ item.uid}}”, but it did not work.  
What is the best way to approach this?

Thanks  
Gregory

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**Author:** ![Gregory\_Morozov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Gregory\_Morozov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gregory_Morozov)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-numeric-uid-in-become-user/25208/2 "2017-08-10T07:01:05Z")

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To clarify - I suspect do not get pw\_name in find result value probably because these users are virtual and retrieved from mysql by nscd daemon. However system and and all software sees these usernames just fine.