RE: [expert] Determining current user in C

[Davor Cengija]

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote:

>> use getuid and then look that up in the /etc/passwd file. Not hard if you
>> know what you're doing.
>
>       Unless the system is using shadowed passwords.
>
>       Is there no system call for this?

        I'm using shadowed passwords and /etc/passwd still holds the
        UID info.

davor:x:500:500:Davor Cengija:/home/davor:/bin/zsh
ivan:x:501:501::/home/ivan:/bin/bash


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