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From: moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: getlogin()?
Message-ID: <90Feb25.013913est.447@smoke.cs.toronto.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 90 06:40:25 GMT
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Why does getlogin() on Irix3.2 return either "rlogin" or some random
user name if the pty you're running on does not have a utmp entry?
(Sometimes, I run an xterm that isn't setuid root because it's
experimental, or do not advertise a utmp in all my windows so system
messages don't beep me all over the place)

It would seem a better solution for getlogin() to return NULL so that
programs can then follow the manual page and call getpwuid().

	Mark.