What is an unowned or directory ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • We can see file with only id like 1001 1002 via ls -l, what are they?
  • ls -l does not show a user/group name.
-rw-rw-r--. 1 1001 1002 0 Sep  2 20:04 /tmp/redhatfile

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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