# pw auth whoami

> Source: https://parallelworks.com/docs/cli/pw/auth/whoami

## pw auth whoami

Print effective user

### Synopsis

Use **pw auth whoami** to verify your authentication.

Prints the currently authenticated identity. Typically, this will be the username of the account used to authenticate. However, it can also be other values, such as `cluster-session:demo/democluster/1`.

```
pw auth whoami [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for whoami
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --context string         The context to use. Overrides PW_CONTEXT environment variable and current context from config.
      --platform-host string   The Parallel Works ACTIVATE platform host to use. Will override any other platform host settings.
  -v, --verbose                Enable verbose logging
```

### SEE ALSO

* [pw auth](/docs/cli/pw/auth)	 - Authenticate the CLI