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34.Dd March 5, 2011
35.Dt ID 1
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm id
39.Nd return user identity
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Op Ar user
43.Nm
44.Fl A
45.Nm
46.Fl G Op Fl n
47.Op Ar user
48.Nm
49.Fl M
50.Nm
51.Fl P
52.Op Ar user
53.Nm
54.Fl c
55.Nm
56.Fl g Op Fl nr
57.Op Ar user
58.Nm
59.Fl p
60.Op Ar user
61.Nm
62.Fl u Op Fl nr
63.Op Ar user
64.Sh DESCRIPTION
65The
66.Nm
67utility displays the user and group names and numeric IDs, of the
68calling process, to the standard output.
69If the real and effective IDs are different, both are displayed,
70otherwise only the real ID is displayed.
71.Pp
72If a
73.Ar user
74(login name or user ID)
75is specified, the user and group IDs of that user are displayed.
76In this case, the real and effective IDs are assumed to be the same.
77.Pp
78The options are as follows:
79.Bl -tag -width indent
80.It Fl A
81Display the process audit user ID and other process audit properties, which
82requires privilege.
83.It Fl G
84Display the different group IDs (effective, real and supplementary)
85as white-space separated numbers, in no particular order.
86.It Fl M
87Display the MAC label of the current process.
88.It Fl P
89Display the id as a password file entry.
90.It Fl a
91Ignored for compatibility with other
92.Nm
93implementations.
94.It Fl c
95Display current login class.
96.It Fl g
97Display the effective group ID as a number.
98.It Fl n
99Display the name of the user or group ID for the
100.Fl G ,
101.Fl g
102and
103.Fl u
104options instead of the number.
105If any of the ID numbers cannot be mapped into names, the number will be
106displayed as usual.
107.It Fl p
108Make the output human-readable.
109If the user name returned by
110.Xr getlogin 2
111is different from the login name referenced by the user ID, the name
112returned by
113.Xr getlogin 2
114is displayed, preceded by the keyword
115.Dq login .
116The user ID as a name is displayed, preceded by the keyword
117.Dq uid .
118If the effective user ID is different from the real user ID, the real user
119ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
120.Dq euid .
121If the effective group ID is different from the real group ID, the real group
122ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
123.Dq rgid .
124The list of groups to which the user belongs is then displayed as names,
125preceded by the keyword
126.Dq groups .
127Each display is on a separate line.
128.It Fl r
129Display the real ID for the
130.Fl g
131and
132.Fl u
133options instead of the effective ID.
134.It Fl u
135Display the effective user ID as a number.
136.El
137.Sh EXIT STATUS
138.Ex -std
139.Sh SEE ALSO
140.Xr who 1
141.Sh STANDARDS
142The
143.Nm
144function is expected to conform to
145.St -p1003.2 .
146.Sh HISTORY
147The
148historic
149.Xr groups 1
150command is equivalent to
151.Dq Nm id Fl Gn Op Ar user .
152.Pp
153The
154historic
155.Xr whoami 1
156command is equivalent to
157.Dq Nm id Fl un .
158.Pp
159The
160.Nm
161command appeared in
162.Bx 4.4 .
163