PeteDK wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I want to retreive the name of the currently logged in user on the OS
> on which my django app lives.
> Is this possible?

You are aware that on most systems, more than one user is allowed to 
login concurrently?

[...]

> i have looked into the python standard library, and a module named
> getpass() however i cant get i to work:-(
> 
> i hope someone has a clever idea to solve this problem.
> 
> PS: and the webserver runs linux. :-)

This will give you a list of the currently logged in users:

 >>> import commands
 >>> [line.split()[0] for line in 
commands.getoutput("/usr/bin/who").split("\n")]
['razor']

/Christian

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Christian Joergensen
http://www.technobabble.dk

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