whoami

[placitasmd]

When I issue a "whoami", I get back the name of the logged in user. But when I issue a "who am i" I just get my prompt back. Any ideas what might be causing this? This happens for all users.

[Todd McDaniel_1]

It could be disabled.

You might check with your security group about what measures have been taken to secure your system. On some systems, commands like finger and who are disabled to prevent users from trying to see what Ids are logged in.

[Pete Randall]

I would suspect a corrupt /etc/utmp file, since "who am i" reports your initial login name from that file whereas "whoami" prints your current user name.


Pete

[placitasmd]

Solved problem by editing inittab to clear files on reboot.