On 07Jun2011 20:22, Nitin Pawar <nitinpawar...@gmail.com> wrote: | import getpass | user = getpass.getuser() | | On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:54 PM, TheSaint <nob...@nowhere.net.no> wrote: | > I was trying to find out whose the program launcher, but os.environ['USER'] | > returns the user whom owns the desktop environment, regardless the program | > is called by root. | > I'd like to know it, so the program will run with the right privileges. [...]
>From the getuser() doco: Get the username from the environment or password database. First try various environment variables, then the password database So, no, wrong suggestion. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Dangerous stuff, science. Lots of us not fit for it. - H.C. Bailey, _The Long Dinner_ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
