who is?

marsques · 08-14-2004, 06:28 AM

a quick one...

i log on as normal user "spoon" and 'su' to do something that requires root privilages... minimalise the terminal window ... to browes the web, do a few other stuff...

i come back to the terminial...

my questions is ... how would i find out as is the terminal still running as root or user "spoon" if i cant remember what user i was working in the terminal window... (is there some kinda command which i can type which would say which user is active in the current terminal window?)

thanks in advance...

mjjzf · 08-14-2004, 06:44 AM

Well, usually you can tell by the $ or #.
I.e.

Code:

[mjj@localhost mjj]$ su                   <- user
Password: 
[root@localhost mjj]#                      <- superuser

XavierP · 08-14-2004, 07:02 AM

Open a console and type whoami. It's the same command as for Windows.

marsques · 08-14-2004, 07:03 AM

thanks... tried both... its brilliant...