> My objective: Determine who the currently logged in user is and
> determine if that user is in my list of users that I have authorized
> to use my programs.
In addition to Steve and Mats answers:
import os
os.getlogin() #-> 'alan'
os.getuid() #-> 1001
import pwd
pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()) #-> loads of user related stuff...
You can also use the environment variables such as
os.getenv('USER') #-> 'alan'
os.getenv('HOME') #-> '/home/alan'
the latter being a useful place to look for the
individual config file... You can use os.environ
if you prefer a dictionary style to a function.
And of course
os.cwd() #-> '/home/alan'
For the current directory.
HTH
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