User Identification

[Bob Parnes]

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?

Bob Parnes

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

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?

how about:
'gromit'

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[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

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?

Bob Parnes

What about:

import os
username = os.getlogin()

Please see other functions at:

http://docs.python.org/lib/os-procinfo.html

Best,

Laci 2.0



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[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

how about:



'gromit'

Hmm, yours is better. It also works on Windows.
I wonder why os.getuser() does not work in Windows - apparently there is
a good implementation for Windows.

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[Gerhard Haering]

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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[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michael_Str=F6der?=]

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.

('michael', 'x', 1234, 100, 'Michael Str\xf6der', '/home/michael',
'/bin/bash')
Ciao, Michael.

 

[Bob Parnes]

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?

Bob Parnes

Thanks very much. Had not realized there were so many possibilities.

Bob Parnes