Id

The id command prints the UID and GIDs for a given user, or the process invoking the command, if no user is given. On SELinux id displays also the security context.

Examples

$ id
uid=500(robot) gid=500(hive) groups=500(hive)

Prints the process's UID, GID, and supplementary GIDs.

$ id robot
uid=500(robot) gid=500(hive) groups=500(hive),501(dockingbay),502(command)

Print the user's UID, GID, and supplementary GIDs.

# id -Z
context=root:system_r:unconfined_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh

Prints the security context for current user.

Provided by

Most (all?) Linux distributions incorporate this from the GNU Coreutils: and use its man page

Related Commands

All of these relate to user information.

• logname - show the login name.
• whoami - show effective user ID.
• groups - show groups of the current user.
• users - show who is logged in.
• who - show who is logged in from where.

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