Comments on: Solve your UNIX identity crisis http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/420/solve-your-unix-identity-crisis/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: nitro http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/420/solve-your-unix-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 nitro Fri, 07 Jan 2005 06:22:06 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-1180 > whoami (all run together) also works. It's not quite the same. Let me explain: "who am i" shows who you are initially logged on as. "whoami" shows who you are su'd to. For example, if I login as nitro, then su to root, the results are as follows: # who am i nitro pts/2 Jan 7 09:09 # whoami root > whoami (all run together) also works.

It’s not quite the same. Let me explain:

“who am i” shows who you are initially logged on as.
“whoami” shows who you are su’d to.

For example, if I login as nitro, then su to root, the results are as follows:

# who am i
nitro pts/2 Jan 7 09:09

# whoami
root

]]> By: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/420/solve-your-unix-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:38:41 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-372 whoami (all run together) also works. whoami (all run together) also works.

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