One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= id - Print real & effective UIDs and GIDs
Summary : It prints the user's info like user id, group id, user name, etc., Example: $ id -- Print UID, GID, Groups. $ id -r -- Print only the real user ID. $ id -u -- print only the effective user ID $ id -nu -- Print only user name. $ id -g -- print only the effective group ID. $ id -ng -- Print only group name. $ id -G -- Print all group IDs $ id -nG -- Print all groups name. $ id user1 -- Print info abt user1. NOTE:- Real UID is the UID of the user, who created. Effective UID is used to evaluate privileges of the process to perform a particular action. Read : man id HTH :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
