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35.\" @(#)id.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
36.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/id/id.1,v 1.11 2001/08/15 09:09:41 ru Exp $
37.\"
38.Dd June 6, 1993
39.Dt ID 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm id
43.Nd return user identity
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Ar user
47.Nm
48.Fl G Op Fl n
49.Op Ar user
50.Nm
51.Fl P
52.Op Ar user
53.Nm
54.Fl g Op Fl nr
55.Op Ar user
56.Nm
57.Fl p
58.Op Ar user
59.Nm
60.Fl u Op Fl nr
61.Op Ar user
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The
64.Nm
65utility displays the user and group names and numeric IDs, of the
66calling process, to the standard output.
67If the real and effective IDs are different, both are displayed,
68otherwise only the real ID is displayed.
69.Pp
70If a
71.Ar user
72(login name or user ID)
73is specified, the user and group IDs of that user are displayed.
74In this case, the real and effective IDs are assumed to be the same.
75.Pp
76The options are as follows:
77.Bl -tag -width indent
78.It Fl G
79Display the different group IDs (effective, real and supplementary)
80as white-space separated numbers, in no particular order.
81.It Fl P
82Display the id as a password file entry.
83.It Fl g
84Display the effective group ID as a number.
85.It Fl n
86Display the name of the user or group ID for the
87.Fl G ,
88.Fl g
89and
90.Fl u
91options instead of the number.
92If any of the ID numbers cannot be mapped into names, the number will be
93displayed as usual.
94.It Fl p
95Make the output human-readable.
96If the user name returned by
97.Xr getlogin 2
98is different from the login name referenced by the user ID, the name
99returned by
100.Xr getlogin 2
101is displayed, preceded by the keyword
102.Dq login .
103The user ID as a name is displayed, preceded by the keyword
104.Dq uid .
105If the effective user ID is different from the real user ID, the real user
106ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
107.Dq euid .
108If the effective group ID is different from the real group ID, the real group
109ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
110.Dq rgid .
111The list of groups to which the user belongs is then displayed as names,
112preceded by the keyword
113.Dq groups .
114Each display is on a separate line.
115.It Fl r
116Display the real ID for the
117.Fl g
118and
119.Fl u
120options instead of the effective ID.
121.It Fl u
122Display the effective user ID as a number.
123.El
124.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
125.Ex -std
126.Sh SEE ALSO
127.Xr who 1
128.Sh STANDARDS
129The
130.Nm
131function is expected to conform to
132.St -p1003.2 .
133.Sh HISTORY
134The
135historic
136.Xr groups 1
137command is equivalent to
138.Dq Nm id Fl Gn Op Ar user .
139.Pp
140The
141historic
142.Xr whoami 1
143command is equivalent to
144.Dq Nm id Fl un .
145.Pp
146The
147.Nm
148command appeared in
149.Bx 4.4 .