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.\" @(#)getlogin.2 1.1 (Berkeley) %G%
getlogname, setlogname \- get/set login name of process owner
getlogname(name, namelen)
setlogname(name, namelen)
returns the login name of the owner of the current process, as
specifies the size of the
array. The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
The preferred method for retrieving this information is through the
sets the login name of the process owner to be
This call is restricted to the super-user and
is normally used only at login time, or when a remote shell
If the call succeeds, a value of 0 is returned. If the call
fails, then a value of \-1 is returned and an error code is
placed in the global location \fIerrno\fP.
The following errors may be returned by these calls:
The \fIname\fP or \fInamelen\fP parameter gave an
The caller tried to set the hostname and was not the super-user.
Host names are limited to MAXLOGNAME (from
characters, currently 12.