whoami(1)							     whoami(1)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     whoami - display the effective current username

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/bin/whoami

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     whoami displays the login name corresponding to the current effective
     user ID.  If you have used	su to temporarily adopt	another	user, whoami
     will report the login name	associated with	that user ID.  whoami gets its
     information from the geteuid and getpwuid library routines	(see getuid
     and getpwent, respectively).

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/passwd	 username data base

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     su(1), who(1), getuid(2), getpwent(3)

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The whoami	command	provided in versions of	IRIX prior to 5.0 was a
     symbolic link to /usr/bin/id(1).


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