[issue32651] os.getlogin() should recommend getpass.getuser()

Change by Barry A. Warsaw : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: +Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue32651] os.getlogin() should recommend getpass.getuser()

Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: New changeset 196b8cbab2b5044b92077f0b3c07c798fff68bc6 by Barry Warsaw (Miss Islington (bot)) in branch '3.6': bpo-32651 Recommend getpass.getuser() (GH-5301) (#5304) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/196b8cbab2b5044b92077f0b3c07c798fff68bc6

[issue32651] os.getlogin() should recommend getpass.getuser()

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[issue32651] os.getlogin() should recommend getpass.getuser()

Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: New changeset d499031f5f33c3ef71be7c81ef52eee6b47c42e1 by Barry Warsaw in branch 'master': bpo-32651 Recommend getpass.getuser() (#5301) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d499031f5f33c3ef71be7c81ef52eee6b47c42e1 -- __

[issue32651] os.getlogin() should recommend getpass.getuser()

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[issue32651] os.getlogin() should recommend getpass.getuser()

New submission from Barry A. Warsaw : The documentation for os.getlogin() says: "Return the name of the user logged in on the controlling terminal of the process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment variables LOGNAME or USERNAME to find out who the user is, or pwd.getp