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# posix_getlogin

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.13, PHP 4, PHP 5)

posix_getlogin -- Return login name

## Description

string posix_getlogin ( void )

Returns the login name of the user owning the current process. See posix_getpwnam() for information how to get more information about this user.

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philip
09-Feb-2004 06:31
`Note that this function returns the owner that the process *started* as. Even if you call posix_setuid (or posix_seteuid) it will still report the username the process started as.
use get_current_user() to get the effective real user.`
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