LOGNAME(1) FSF LOGNAME(1)NAME
logname - print user's login name
SYNOPSIS
logname [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Print the name of the current user.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by FIXME: unknown.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for logname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and logname programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info logname
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 4.5.3 February 2003 LOGNAME(1)
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ID(1) FSF ID(1)NAME
id - print real and effective UIDs and GIDs
SYNOPSIS
id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]
DESCRIPTION
Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.
-a ignore, for compatibility with other versions
-g, --group
print only the effective group ID
-G, --groups
print all group IDs
-n, --name
print a name instead of a number, for -ugG
-r, --real
print the real ID instead of the effective ID, with -ugG
-u, --user
print only the effective user ID
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Without any OPTION, print some useful set of identified information.
AUTHOR
Written by Arnold Robbins and David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for id is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and id programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
mand
info id
should give you access to the complete manual.
id (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 ID(1)
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we are running SSH 3.7
on OS B.11.23
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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,
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