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ACL WHOAMI

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ACL WHOAMI
Group
ACL
Complexity
O(1)
Arity
2 (exactly, counting the command name)
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ACL WHOAMI returns the user the current connection runs as. A connection that has not called AUTH or HELLO with credentials runs as default.

Return value

Section titled “Return value”

Bulk string in RESP2 and RESP3.

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
127.0.0.1:6379> ACL WHOAMI
"default"
127.0.0.1:6379> AUTH alice s3cret
OK
127.0.0.1:6379> ACL WHOAMI
"alice"

Compatibility

Section titled “Compatibility”

Same as Redis 7 and Valkey 8.

See also

Section titled “See also”

AUTH, ACL USERS