Display User and Group Information

Introduction

In this challenge, we'll explore two key commands: whoami and id. These simple yet powerful tools provide valuable insights into your user identity and group memberships within the Linux environment.

Tips: This challenge differs from the step-by-step learning Lab and requires you to complete it independently to demonstrate your mastery of the skills.

Skills Graph

Display Your Current User Identity

In this step, you will use a Linux command to display your current user identity.

Tasks

• Display your current user identity.

Requirement

• Use the appropriate Linux command to display your current user identity.

Example

When you complete this step, you should see output similar to the following in your terminal:

labex

Display User and Group Information

In this step, you will use a Linux command to display detailed user and group information.

Tasks

• Display user and group information.

Requirement

• Use the appropriate Linux command to display user and group information.

Example

When you complete this step, you should see output similar to the following in your terminal:

uid=1000(labex) gid=1000(labex) groups=1000(labex),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),116(lpadmin),126(sambashare)

Summary

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the "Display User and Group Information" challenge. By using the whoami and id commands, you've learned how to display user identity and detailed group information. This knowledge is crucial for understanding user permissions and identities in a Linux environment, forming a foundation for more advanced system administration tasks.