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Add some examples covering the flags: G, n, P, p, u Add reference to groups(1) Approved by: manpages (gbe@) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27539
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.\" @(#)id.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 5, 2011
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.Dt ID 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm id
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.Nd return user identity
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar user
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.Nm
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.Fl A
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.Nm
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.Fl G Op Fl n
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.Op Ar user
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.Nm
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.Fl M
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.Nm
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.Fl P
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.Op Ar user
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.Nm
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.Fl c
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.Nm
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.Fl g Op Fl nr
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.Op Ar user
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.Nm
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.Fl p
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.Op Ar user
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.Nm
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.Fl u Op Fl nr
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.Op Ar user
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility displays the user and group names and numeric IDs, of the
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calling process, to the standard output.
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If the real and effective IDs are different, both are displayed,
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otherwise only the real ID is displayed.
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.Pp
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If a
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.Ar user
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(login name or user ID)
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is specified, the user and group IDs of that user are displayed.
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In this case, the real and effective IDs are assumed to be the same.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl A
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Display the process audit user ID and other process audit properties, which
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requires privilege.
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.It Fl G
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Display the different group IDs (effective, real and supplementary)
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as white-space separated numbers, in no particular order.
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.It Fl M
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Display the MAC label of the current process.
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.It Fl P
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Display the id as a password file entry.
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.It Fl a
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Ignored for compatibility with other
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.Nm
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implementations.
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.It Fl c
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Display current login class.
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.It Fl g
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Display the effective group ID as a number.
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.It Fl n
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Display the name of the user or group ID for the
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.Fl G ,
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.Fl g
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and
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.Fl u
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options instead of the number.
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If any of the ID numbers cannot be mapped into names, the number will be
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displayed as usual.
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.It Fl p
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Make the output human-readable.
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If the user name returned by
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.Xr getlogin 2
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is different from the login name referenced by the user ID, the name
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returned by
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.Xr getlogin 2
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is displayed, preceded by the keyword
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.Dq login .
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The user ID as a name is displayed, preceded by the keyword
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.Dq uid .
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If the effective user ID is different from the real user ID, the real user
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ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
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.Dq euid .
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If the effective group ID is different from the real group ID, the real group
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ID is displayed as a name, preceded by the keyword
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.Dq rgid .
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The list of groups to which the user belongs is then displayed as names,
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preceded by the keyword
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.Dq groups .
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Each display is on a separate line.
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.It Fl r
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Display the real ID for the
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.Fl g
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and
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.Fl u
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options instead of the effective ID.
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.It Fl u
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Display the effective user ID as a number.
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Show information for the user
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.Ql bob
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as a password file entry:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ id -P bob
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bob:*:0:0::0:0:Robert:/bob:/usr/local/bin/bash
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Same output as
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.Xr groups 1 for the root user:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ id -Gn root
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wheel operator
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Show human readable information about
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.Ql alice :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ id -p alice
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uid alice
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groups alice webcamd vboxusers
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Assuming the user
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.Ql bob
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executed
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.Dq Nm su Fl l
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to simulate a root login, compare the result of the following commands:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# id -un
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root
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# who am i
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bob pts/5 Dec 4 19:51
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr groups 1 ,
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.Xr who 1
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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function is expected to conform to
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.St -p1003.2 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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historic
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.Xr groups 1
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command is equivalent to
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.Dq Nm id Fl Gn Op Ar user .
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.Pp
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The
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historic
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.Xr whoami 1
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command is equivalent to
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.Dq Nm id Fl un .
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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