Bug #678077: Suggest alternative to os.getlogin()

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Andrew M. Kuchling 2003-02-03 15:36:26 +00:00
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@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ Availability: \UNIX.
\begin{funcdesc}{getlogin}{} \begin{funcdesc}{getlogin}{}
Return the name of the user logged in on the controlling terminal of Return the name of the user logged in on the controlling terminal of
the process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the the process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the
environment variable \envvar{LOGNAME} to find out who the user is. environment variable \envvar{LOGNAME} to find out who the user is,
or \code{pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]} to get the login name
of the currently effective user ID.
Availability: \UNIX. Availability: \UNIX.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}