id.md

id

Returns user information, such as user uid or group gid.

This function has a dependency on posix package, which compiles a native binding.

Definition

id(options?: string, user?: string|number): any

Both arguments are optional. If options string is ommited, an object containing user information is returned. If user is omitted, the information is returned for the user running current process.

Options

• -u -- Will return user id.
• -g -- Will return group id.

Examples

id()
{ name: 'root',
  passwd: 'x',
  uid: 0,
  gid: 0,
  gecos: 'root',
  shell: '/bin/bash',
  dir: '/root' }
  
id("u", "redis")
105

id("g", "redis")
106