http://tech-recipes.disqus.com/Cookbook of Tech TutorialsenFri, 07 Jan 2005 01:22:06 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/420/solve-your-unix-identity-crisis/#comment-2767473<p>&gt; whoami (all run together) also works.</p><p>It's not quite the same. Let me explain:</p><p>"who am i" shows who you are initially logged on as.<br>"whoami" shows who you are su'd to.</p><p>For example, if I login as nitro, then su to root, the results are as follows:</p><p># who am i<br>nitro pts/2 Jan 7 09:09</p><p># whoami<br>root</p>nitroFri, 07 Jan 2005 01:22:06 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/420/solve-your-unix-identity-crisis/#comment-2767472<p>whoami (all run together) also works.</p>AnonymousThu, 12 Aug 2004 08:38:41 -0000