On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 01:35:25AM +1000, Peter Hardy uttered:
> grep $HOME /etc/passwd | awk -F : '{ readline; print $1 }'
>
> Consider the gauntlet thrown.
>
Hang on, I'll get it, and throw it back.
steven@broken:~$ grep $HOME /etc/passwd | awk -F : '{ readline; print $1 }'
steven@broken:~$
But, I use LDAP for auth. :-)
steven@broken:~$ echo $USER
steven
Should be more than sufficient, given a non-brain dead shell like bash or zsh.
--
Steve
<Overfiend> xhost +localhost should only be done by people who would
paint their hostname and root password on an interstate
overpass.
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