How to make LOGNAME writeable? It is set as READONLY in .profile

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How to make LOGNAME writeable? It is set as READONLY in .profile

LOGNAME variable is set as READONLY in .profile.
I want to make it WRITEABLE so that I can modify the LOGNAME values programatically/throush shell programs.

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erm...change the ".profile" to stop it being readonly ?
Otherwise, you will have to start a subshell (though I believe some shells pass on the readonly status of the environment var)

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