id

Linux · Users and permissions · available in the simulator

What it does

Print user and group information (UID, GID, groups).

Syntax

id [opciones] [usuario]

Options and parameters

• -u

  Print only the user ID.

• -g

  Print only the primary group ID.

• -G

  Print all group IDs.

• -n

  Print names instead of numbers.

  id -nG

Usage examples

• id
• id ana
• id -u
• id -G
• id usuario
• id -nG

Related commands

• addgroup
• adduser
• chgrp
• chmod
• chown
• delgroup