Getting User From Within Python Script

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What is a "pythonic" way to determine which user ran a python script from within the script?

For instance, I know that you can run shell commands from within the script to do an

echo $USER

but is there a more standard python way of determining which user is running the script?

Like a get_user() command for a standard library?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/842059/is-there-a-portable-way-to-get-the-current-username-in-python — Frodon, Jul 19 '13 at 01:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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As noted in my comment, the answer is given here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/842096/2531279

Note: this is available for Windows and Unix

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Jul 19 '13 at 01:35

Frodon

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '13 at 01:34

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Wouldn't it depend on what OS you are running the script on? Running shell commands is more common on some flavor of Linux but it could be a windows or Mac machine. Python may have a way of doing that cross platform, i'm not sure.

answered Jul 19 '13 at 01:34

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Getting User From Within Python Script

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