NAME

logname − return login name of user

SYNOPSIS

char ∗logname( )

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: HP-UX/RUN ONLY

Origin: System V

DESCRIPTION

Logname returns a pointer to the null-terminated login name; it extracts the $LOGNAME variable from the user’s environment. 

This routine is kept in /lib/libPW.a. 

FILES

/etc/profile

SEE ALSO

env(1), login(1), profile(5), environ(7). 

BUGS

The return values point to static data whose content is overwritten by each call. 

This method of determining a login name is subject to forgery. 

Hewlett-Packard  —  last mod. May 11, 2021