Simple Command to Display your SID


Simple Command to Display your SID

Two methods covered here are: 

        1. the whoami command 
        2. and wmic useraccount

One of the simplest commands to display your SID when logged into a domain joined desktop is using a command that's been a part of the Windows operating system even before windows 10.  

The whoami command displayed your current login. If you are providing remote support, this is also helpful if you are remotely accessing the desktop and troubleshooting an issue that requires knowing the user's SID. 

open a command prompt and run the command whoami and hit enter. The command;s' output displays the logged in user. 

run the command again and use the option /user and it will display the SID of the user like this: 

           C:\whoami /user 



CLI Command to Display User SID

To display the local Windows User SID, no domain use the following command line 
       
          wmic useraccount where name='username' get sid

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3 comments:

Microsoft MVP said...

Another method, I feel is not as quick and straight forward but as an option is at a Command Prompt, type wmic useraccount get name,sid and press Enter.

Also you could determine a user's SID by looking through the ProfileImagePath values in each SID starting with S-1-5-21 displayed under the local registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Tech-g said...

Even though the SID can be found in the local registry , it's a quick way to confirm the active user. Windows user profiles can be difficult to work with. Being certain of data when working with them is important to solve the current issue.

Anonymous said...

In the local Winows registry keys and DWORD properties contain the user name .

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