logname(1) General Commands Manual logname(1)Name
logname - get login name
Syntax
logname
Description
The command returns the a user's login name on the system.
Files
/etc/profile
See Alsologin(1), environ(5)logname(1)
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logname(1) General Commands Manual logname(1)NAME
logname - Displays user login name
SYNOPSIS
logname
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
logname: XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
None
OPERANDS
None
DESCRIPTION
The logname command writes to standard output the name you used to log into the system.
NOTES
The logname command explicitly ignores the LOGNAME environment variable to avoid erroneous results from environment changes.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: Successful completion. The getlogin() utility would fail.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of *cmd*: Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are
unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used. If any of the internationalization vari-
ables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined. If set to a non-empty string value,
overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables. Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes
of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments). Determines the locale for the for-
mat and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. Determines the location of message catalogues for the processing of
LC_MESSAGES.
SEE ALSO
Commands: id(1), env(1), login(1), who(1)
Functions: getlogin(2)
Standards: standards(5)logname(1)
when we log into HP servers randomly we will get the message "logname: could not get the login name" if we open another connection we can login
we are running SSH 3.7
on OS B.11.23
this only happens on HP and only using ssh, I know there were problems like this on older ssh verisons but this... (0 Replies)
How would i do this in python
In bash i would do below and this would add the users logname to a file
This write the logname ie James to test.txt
But how would i do it in python this doesnt work below and ive tried different ways but cannot find an answer
But this just writes $(logname) to... (4 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a requirment , can anyone please guide me
Q) If the number of users are 50 or more it should print the login names of users who have logged in last 5 minutes and login names of users who have logged out in last 5 minutes.
Waiting for the reply
Thank you very much
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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.
Thanks,
Guru (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am wondering what is the difference between the USER and LOGNAME environment variables, and under what situations would they be different?
I am using Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit and I do not have 'login' command to test it. (7 Replies)
I have some comments about a previously closed topic whose name is the same as above
Omitted from the discussion was the situation with a "sudo command or sudo within a script".
There is an inconsistency between systems. On some systems $LOGNAME is invariant, on others,
on RedHat sudo... (3 Replies)