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getuid() returns real process id not effective (closes #22307)

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Benjamin Peterson 12 years ago
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@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ process and user.
.. function:: getlogin()
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
:envvar:`LOGNAME` or :envvar:`USERNAME` to find out who the user is, or
``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the currently
effective user id.
process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment
variables :envvar:`LOGNAME` or :envvar:`USERNAME` to find out who the user
is, or ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the current
real user id.
Availability: Unix, Windows.

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