NAME

logname − return login name of user

SYNOPSIS

char ∗logname( )

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(4), environ(5). 

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 Company  —  Version B.1,  May 11, 2021