---
id: session
title: Session
sidebar_label: Session
---

## What

Show the current user and host name.

## Sample Configuration

import Config from '@site/src/components/Config.js';

<Config data={{
  "type": "session",
  "style": "diamond",
  "foreground": "#ffffff",
  "background": "#c386f1",
  "leading_diamond": "\uE0B6",
  "trailing_diamond": "\uE0B0",
  "template": "{{ if .SSHSession }}\uF817 {{ end }}{{ .UserName }}"
}}/>

## Template ([info][templates])

:::note default template

```template
{{ if .SSHSession }}\uf817 {{ end }}{{ .UserName }}@{{ .HostName }}
```

:::

### Properties

| Name          | Type      | Description                      |
| ------------- | --------- | -------------------------------- |
| `.UserName`   | `string`  | the current user's name          |
| `.HostName`   | `string`  | the current computer's name      |
| `.SSHSession` | `boolean` | active SSH session or not        |
| `.Root`       | `boolean` | are you a root/admin user or not |

[templates]: /docs/configuration/templates