bos_whoami - Display the authenticated identity seen by the BOS Server
bos whoami -server <machine name> [-cell <cell name>] [-noauth] [-localauth] [-principal <authentication principal> [-encrypt [<yes|no>]] [-config <configuration file>] [-help]
The bos whoami command displays the authenticated identity seen by the BOS Server specified by the -server parameter.
It can be useful as a debugging tool to diagnose the cause of permission denied errors. Administrative rights are only granted if the displayed identity returned by bos whoami matches an entry in the output from bos_listusers(8).
Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag. For more details, see bos(8).
Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer.
Do not combine this flag with the -localauth flag.
For more details,
see bos(8).
Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local /etc/yfs/server/KeyFileExt file. The bos command interpreter presents the ticket to the BOS Server during mutual authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell or -noauth options. For more details, see bos(8).
Indicates the principal to be used for authentication. This option can be useful when several credentials caches are available for different principals.
Enables or disables encryption for the command so that the operation's results are not transmitted across the network in clear text.
Produces on the standard output stream a detailed trace of the command's execution. If this argument is omitted, only warnings and error messages appear.
Sets the location of the configuration file to be used. The default file is /etc/yfs/yfs-client.conf.
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
The output includes the authenticated identity seen by the bosserver.
The following example indicates that the user is authenticated to the bosserver on server srv.your-cell-name.com as alice@YOUR-CELL-NAME.COM :
% bos whoami -server srv.your-file-name.com Current identity is gss 'alice@YOUR-CELL-NAME.COM'.
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ReaderList(5), UserListExt(5), bos(8), bos_adduser(8), bos_listusers(8), bos_removeuser(8)
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