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35 .\" @(#)id.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
38 .Dd September 26, 2006
43 .Nd return user identity
69 utility displays the user and group names and numeric IDs, of the
70 calling process, to the standard output.
71 If the real and effective IDs are different, both are displayed,
72 otherwise only the real ID is displayed.
76 (login name or user ID)
77 is specified, the user and group IDs of that user are displayed.
78 In this case, the real and effective IDs are assumed to be the same.
80 The options are as follows:
81 .Bl -tag -width indent
83 Display the process audit user ID and other process audit properties, which
86 Display the different group IDs (effective, real and supplementary)
87 as white-space separated numbers, in no particular order.
89 Display the MAC label of the current process.
91 Display the id as a password file entry.
93 Ignored for compatibility with other
97 Display the effective group ID as a number.
99 Display the name of the user or group ID for the
104 options instead of the number.
105 If any of the ID numbers cannot be mapped into names, the number will be
108 Make the output human-readable.
109 If the user name returned by
111 is different from the login name referenced by the user ID, the name
114 is displayed, preceded by the keyword
116 The user ID as a name is displayed, preceded by the keyword
118 If the effective user ID is different from the real user ID, the real user
119 ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
121 If the effective group ID is different from the real group ID, the real group
122 ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
124 The list of groups to which the user belongs is then displayed as names,
125 preceded by the keyword
127 Each display is on a separate line.
129 Display the real ID for the
133 options instead of the effective ID.
135 Display the effective user ID as a number.
144 function is expected to conform to
150 command is equivalent to
151 .Dq Nm id Fl Gn Op Ar user .
156 command is equivalent to