1. Open a new Terminal Window (Command Line) if in GUI mode
  2. Find your username by typing the command:  whoami
  3. Type in the command id username to find your gid and uid EXAMPLE of resultsuid=1000(username) gid=1000(username) groups=1000(username) ,4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom), 46(plugdev),106(lpadmin),121(admin),122(sambashare)