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GETUDENT

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NAME

getuduser - return user database entry of Unidata user

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

const struct passwd *getudent(void);

DESCRIPTION

This function returns the user database entry for the Unidata user -- or NULL if no such user exists. It tries the UNIX function ‘ getpwnam() ’ with a series of user names and stops at the first valid entry. The first name tried is the value of the environment variable UDLOGNAME , if it exists. The remaining names are, in order, "unidata", "ldm4", and "ldm".

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UDLOGNAME

Contains the name of the Unidata user.