# How can I determine which characters belong to a local EVE account?

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**Created:** [August 20, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-can-i-determine-which-characters-belong-to-a-local-eve-account/496207 "2025-08-20T17:52:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Le\_lien\_secret](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/le_lien_secret/32/471123_2.png) [@Le\_lien\_secret](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Le_lien_secret)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-can-i-determine-which-characters-belong-to-a-local-eve-account/496207/1 "2025-08-20T17:52:23Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m working with EVE’s local configuration files and want to figure out the mapping between accounts and characters.

Account configs are stored as `core_user_<accountID>.dat` and character configs as `core_char_<charID>.dat`. For development purposes, I’d like to clearly display which characters belong to which accounts—for example, that user `1111` owns character `22222`.

I can get character names from the ESI API using their IDs. However, is there any way to determine this mapping locally **without having to log in and modify the config manually**? I only need to access information stored on my own machine.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-can-i-determine-which-characters-belong-to-a-local-eve-account/496207/2 "2025-11-18T17:53:04Z")

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