From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-02-16T12:37:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:10948] Re: How do I get current login (like Perl's getlogin)?

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Tomson <ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com>
To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>; <ruby-talk@netlab.co.jp>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 7:10 PM
Subject: [ruby-talk:10945] How do I get current login (like Perl's
getlogin)?


> I'm trying to figure out the current login that a script is running on, so
> I can determine if the user is authorized.  Is there anything like Perl's
> getlogin() function in Ruby?  I don't see anything about it in the Pickaxe
> book.
>
> Phil
>

I think you want Process::uid or Process::euid.

Hal