look at "man find" - it won't give false positives (in contrast to the grep with a user name).
> > I tried 'ls -alR | grep <user>' where <user> is the login name of that > user. It is simple and silly. If anyone knows anything else just let me > learn. > > > Can someone show me a way that I can find all files on a system belonging > > to a specific user or group on a given system? > > > > I've tried to find this out on my own, but I'm having trouble figuring out > > what it is exactly that I'm looking for. :-) > > -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.