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Subject: Re: getlogin() returns bogus username
To: aagero@aage.aage.priv.no (Åge Røbekk)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 11:31:17 +0000 ()
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In-Reply-To: <199601170228.DAA02822@birk04.studby.uio.no> from "Åge Røbekk" at Jan 17, 96 03:28:37 am
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> It sounds like you are suggesting I am using the same user id for the
> two logins.
> 
> $ grep ^per-stia /etc/passwd
> per-stia:*:1003:1003:Per-Stian =
> Vatne:/usr/home/per-stia:/local/gnu/bin/bash
> $ grep ^aagero /etc/passwd
> aagero:*:1000:1000:=C5ge R=F8bekk,,,:/usr/home/aagero:/local/gnu/bin/bash
> 

Just a wild guess : can it be the '-' in per-stia confusing the program ?
Probably the suggested username should consist of numbers and alphabets.

Yen-Wei Liu