Re: get current user name?
- From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:05:28 GMT
Alan Balmer <albalmer@xxxxxxx> writes:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 06:33:21 GMT, rlb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard
> Bos) wrote:
>
>>djbitchpimp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> How do I retrieve the username of the currently logged in user? I
>>> basically to check if the user is logged in as root and if not, exit
>>> the program.
>>
>>You call GetUserName, which is declared in <winbase.h>...
>
> Odd - I can't seem to find either the function or the include file
> mentioned in the C standard, or even the POSIX standard. Are you sure
> you're in the right newsgroup?
Yes, he's sure he's in the right newsgroup; that's the point he was
trying to make. See the "oops" below.
>>> I though about using the LOGNAME environment variable, but if a regular
>>> user used su root,
>>
>>...oops.
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