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title: "The \"Who am I?\" extended request"
description: "The \"Who am I?\" extended request defined in RFC 4532, which retrieves the current authorization identity for a connection in the PingDirectory server."
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# The "Who am I?" extended request

The "Who am I?" extended request is defined in [RFC 4532](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4532.txt). It behaves much like the authorization identity request control in that it returns the authorization identity associated with the connection and it should always be in `dn:` form in the PingDirectory server, but this request can be issued at any time on a connection to retrieve the current authorization identity for that connection.