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how to get the username
a.atalla:
i need the user name to use in my application
i couldnot found the function that returns the user-name in linux
theo:
GetEnvironmentVariable('USER');
typo:
GetEnvironmentVariable('USERNAME');
a.atalla:
--- Quote from: theo on July 07, 2010, 12:55:34 pm ---GetEnvironmentVariable('USER');
--- End quote ---
that works ,but now my application will run with root priviliage so that function will return "root" as the user name
is there any way i can list all the computer users "not only the current user" ?
theo:
What do you want to achieve?
Sounds like you don't know yourself ;-)
http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,9770.msg48175.html#msg48175
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