For those looking for an alternative to logname, $SUDO_USER works pretty
well. http://askubuntu.com/a/849469/412004
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Title:
logname returns
If I correctly understood, based on the link pasted by Edgmont, gnome
terminal is no more writing a utmp entry when called as a login shell.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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** Description changed:
- Logname only displays this problem in Xenial Unity. I expected it to
- return my login name. It works in gnome-shell and mate editions of
- Ubuntu. Only a problem with gnome-terminal. It works in xterm and
- uxterm and in tty1.
+ Logname fails to return a login name
See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747046
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #747046
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747046
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