Obtaining user information

[Tim Chase]

Currently I can get the currently-logged-in-userid via
getpass.getuser() which would yield something like "tchase".

Is there a cross-platform way to get the full username (such as
from the GECOS field of /etc/passed or via something like
NetUserGetInfo on Win32 so I'd get "Tim Chase" instead?

Thanks,

-tkc

 

[Hans Mulder]

Currently I can get the currently-logged-in-userid via getpass.getuser()
which would yield something like "tchase".

Is there a cross-platform way to get the full username (such as from the
GECOS field of /etc/passed or via something like NetUserGetInfo on Win32
so I'd get "Tim Chase" instead?

How about:

pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_gecos

This will give you the GECOS field of /etc/passed.
I'd assume it contains "Tim Chase" for your account.

Hope this helps,

-- HansM

 

[Cameron Simpson]

| On 10/12/11 02:44:48, Tim Chase wrote:
| >Currently I can get the currently-logged-in-userid via getpass.getuser()
| >which would yield something like "tchase".
| >
| >Is there a cross-platform way to get the full username (such as from the
| >GECOS field of /etc/passed or via something like NetUserGetInfo on Win32
| >so I'd get "Tim Chase" instead?
|
| How about:
| pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_gecos
| This will give you the GECOS field of /etc/passed.
| I'd assume it contains "Tim Chase" for your account.

Up to a comma is the convention. Eg "Cameron Simpson, x2983".
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