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Find your user id and group id on MacOS
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Docker for Mac vs Docker Toolbox
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Docker for Mac
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On Docker for Mac (native Docker) you can open up any terminal you prefer, there are no other
requirements.

Docker Toolbox
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On Docker Toolbox it is important that you open up a Docker environment prepared terminal window.

.. seealso::

   * :ref:`howto_open_terminal_on_mac`


Find uid and gid
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Open the correct terminal as described above and type the following commands:

Find your user id (``uid``)
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.. code-block:: bash

   host> id -u


Find your group id (``gid``)
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.. code-block:: bash

   host> id -g
