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bug#18365: nohup logname failes with error "logname: no login name"
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#18365: nohup logname failes with error "logname: no login name" |
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Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:04:22 +0100 |
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On 08/30/2014 05:37 PM, Allen.Shepherd wrote:
> Hi we cannot retrieve the login name with the below version while running
> with nohup.
> Is there any workaround available?
> Thanks,
>
>
> host.com(oracle:NONE)/: logname --version
> logname (GNU coreutils) 5.97
> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> Written by FIXME: unknown.
POSIX states that logname should be a simple wrapper around getlogin():
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/logname.html
getlogin() may fail on some systems if stdin is redirected from the controlling
tty
thanks,
Pádraig.
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