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bpo-32651 - In the documentation for os.getlogin(), recommend getpass…
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions Doc/library/getpass.rst
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Expand Up @@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ The :mod:`getpass` module provides two functions:
Return the "login name" of the user.

This function checks the environment variables :envvar:`LOGNAME`,
:envvar:`USER`, :envvar:`LNAME` and :envvar:`USERNAME`, in order, and returns
the value of the first one which is set to a non-empty string. If none are set,
the login name from the password database is returned on systems which support
the :mod:`pwd` module, otherwise, an exception is raised.
:envvar:`USER`, :envvar:`LNAME` and :envvar:`USERNAME`, in order, and
returns the value of the first one which is set to a non-empty string. If
none are set, the login name from the password database is returned on
systems which support the :mod:`pwd` module, otherwise, an exception is
raised.

In general, this function should be preferred over :func:`os.getlogin()`.
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Expand Up @@ -325,10 +325,11 @@ 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 current
real user id.
process. For most purposes, it is more useful to use
:func:`getpass.getuser` since the latter checks the environment variables
:envvar:`LOGNAME` or :envvar:`USERNAME` to find out who the user is, and
falls back to ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the
current real user id.

Availability: Unix, Windows.

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