How can I look up a username by id in linux?

The command id can be used to look up a user's uid, for example: $ id -u ubuntu 1000 Is there a command to lookup up a username from a uid? I realize this can be done by looking at the /etc/passwd file but I'm asking if there is an existing command to to this, especially if the user executing it is not root. I'm not looking for the *current* user's username, i.e. I am not looking for whoami or logname. This also made me wonder if on shared web hosting this is a security feature, or am I just not understanding something correctly? For examination, the /etc/passwd file from a shared web host: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin news:x:9:13:news:/etc/news: uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/sbin/nologin operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/sbin/nologin games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin gopher:x:13:30:gopher:/var/gopher:/sbin/nologin ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin nscd:x:28:28:NSCD Daemon:/:/sbin/nologin vcsa:x:69:69:virtual console memory owner:/dev:/sbin/nologin pcap:x:77:77::/var/arpwatch:/sbin/nologin rpc:x:32:32:Portmapper RPC user:/:/sbin/nologin mailnull:x:47:47::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin smmsp:x:51:51::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin oprofile:x:16:16:Special user account to be used by OProfile:/home/oprofile:/sbin/nologin sshd:x:74:74:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin dbus:x:81:81:System message bus:/:/sbin/nologin avahi:x:70:70:Avahi daemon:/:/sbin/nologin rpcuser:x:29:29:RPC Service User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin haldaemon:x:68:68:HAL daemon:/:/sbin/nologin xfs:x:43:43:X Font Server:/etc/X11/fs:/sbin/nologin avahi-autoipd:x:100:104:avahi-autoipd:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/sbin/nologin named:x:25:25:Named:/var/named:/sbin/nologin mailman:x:32006:32006::/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/mailman:/usr/local/cpanel/bin/noshell dovecot:x:97:97:dovecot:/usr/libexec/dovecot:/sbin/nologin mysql:x:101:105:MySQL server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash cpaneleximfilter:x:32007:32009::/var/cpanel/userhomes/cpaneleximfilter:/usr/local/cpanel/bin/noshell nagios:x:102:106:nagios:/var/log/nagios:/bin/sh ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin myuser:x:1747:1744::/home/myuser:/usr/local/cpanel/bin/jailshell And here is a sample directory listing of /tmp/ drwx------ 3 root root 1024 Apr 16 02:09 spamd-22217-init/ drwxr-xr-x 2 665 664 1024 Apr 4 00:05 update-cache-44068ab4/ drwxr-xr-x 4 665 664 1024 Apr 17 15:17 update-extraction-44068ab4/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 665 664 43801 Apr 17 15:17 variable.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 684 683 4396 Apr 17 07:01 wsdl-13fb96428c0685474db6b425a1d9baec We can see root is the owner of some files, and root is also showing up in /etc/passwd , however the other users/groups all show up as numbers.