logname(1) User Commands logname(1)NAMElogname - return user's login name
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/logname
/usr/bin/logname [options]
ksh93
logname [options]
DESCRIPTIONlogname writes the user's login name to standard output. The login name
is the string that is returned by the getlogin(3C) function. If getlo‐
gin() does not return successfully, the name corresponding to the real
user ID of the calling process is used instead.
This command conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--help Prints basic help information.
--man Prints built-in manual page in either plain text, HTML or
--html nroff format.
--nroff
--version Prints version information.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of logname: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES‐
SAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following error values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
FILES
/etc/profile Environment for user at login time
/var/adm/utmpx User and accounting information
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWcs │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Standard │See standards(5). │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOenv(1), ksh93(1), login(1), getlogin(3C), utmpx(4), attributes(5), env‐
iron(5), standards(5)
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
http://www.opengroup.org
SunOS 5.11 29 Nov 2009 logname(1)
