ID(1)				 User Commands				 ID(1)



NAME
       id - print user identity

SYNOPSIS
       id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]

DESCRIPTION
       Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.

       -a     ignore, for compatibility with other versions

       -Z, --context
	      print only the context

       -g, --group
	      print only the effective group ID

       -G, --groups
	      print all group IDs

       -n, --name
	      print a name instead of a number, for -ugG

       -r, --real
	      print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with -ugG

       -u, --user
	      print only the effective user ID

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.

AUTHOR
       Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms	  of	  the	   GNU	    General	  Public       License
       .	 There	is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for id is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.   If
       the  info and id programs are properly installed at your site, the com
       mand

	      info id

       should give you access to the complete manual.



id 5.97 			 January 2007				 ID(1)