How do I add a user as a field in Drupal 7? References claims that it is now deprecated in favor of Entity Reference.  But I can't quite connect the dots on how an Entity Reference can point to a specific user.  Ideally, I would have this field simply be the user that originally submitted the node.

Basically, all I want is a "File" content type that includes the user who uploaded the file.  I feel like I am over-complicating it.  Please help.
Is this what you need?


Add a field to the File content type.  For FIELD TYPE choose "Entity Reference".
Save and configure the new field.  For Target type choose "User".