ID(1,C)                     AIX Commands Reference                      ID(1,C)



-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
id



PURPOSE

Displays the system identity of the user issuing the command.

SYNTAX


id ---|


Warning: See restrictions, Chapter 18, AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces.

DESCRIPTION

The id command writes a message to standard output containing the user and
group IDs and corresponding names of the invoking process.  When effective and
real names and IDs do not match, the id command writes only the effective name
and ID.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following command:  "logname."

See the getuid subroutine in AIX Operating System Technical Reference.


























Processed November 8, 1990          ID(1,C)                                   1