On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 12:29:48PM -0000, Bob Parnes wrote:
I have a python program on a server of an all-linux network. It needs to
record the user name running it. Is there a way for the program to extract
the name from the system without a separate log-in dialog?
os.environ["USER"] for a start?
os.getuid() will give you the user id, but I don't know if Python has
methods to look up more information from that from /etc/passwd or
whereever from.
-- Gerhard
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