OSF

NAME

whoami − Displays the user’s name

SYNOPSIS

whoami

DESCRIPTION

The whoami command displays the username associated with your current ID. 

Unlike who am i, this command tells you what your effective user ID is, and not who is logged on to your tty (it does not use /var/adm/utmp). 

If the current user ID is not in the password file, the message Intruder alert is displayed. 

FILES

/etc/passwdContains usernames and IDs. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands:  who(1).