GETLOGIN

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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION

NAME

getlogin - return who logged in at this tty

SYNOPSIS

getlogin

DESCRIPTION

Returns the current login from /etc/utmp, if any. If null, use getpwuid().

$login = getlogin ⎪⎪ getpwuid($<) ⎪⎪ "Kilroy";

Do not consider getlogin() for authentication: it is not as secure as getpwuid().