who am i returns login name not current user name

[exeter]

who am i returns user1, even though I have switched user to root. How do I get a return of my current user name? Thanks.

 

[SirDice]

id(1)?

who am i returns user1, even though I have switched user to root.

Note, there's a difference between whoami and who am i:

dice@wintermute:~ % id
uid=1001(dice) gid=1001(dice) groups=1001(dice),0(wheel)
dice@wintermute:~ % su -
Password:
root@wintermute:~ # whoami
root
root@wintermute:~ # who am i
dice             pts/2        Jul 20 13:44 (maelcum.dicelan.home)
root@wintermute:~ # id
uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel),5(operator)
root@wintermute:~ #

 

[exeter]

id -nu is the ticket. Thank you for that Sir Dice of FreeBSD.