Java UserPrincipal lookup user by name
import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.FileSystem; import java.nio.file.FileSystems; import java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipal; import java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipalLookupService; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { FileSystem fs = FileSystems.getDefault(); UserPrincipalLookupService upls = fs.getUserPrincipalLookupService(); try {//from w w w . j a v a2s . c om UserPrincipal user = upls.lookupPrincipalByName("yourName"); System.out.format("User principal name is %s%n", user.getName()); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }