python get normal username from the root user?-CodePudding

When I want a user in Python3, from terminal

sudo su

python3

>>> import getpass

>>>getpass.getuser()

'root'

how can I get the normal username?

CodePudding user response：

If you are running the script interactively, you should be using sudo to run it and os.getlogin() will give the correct user.

CodePudding user response：

I recommend the os.getlogin() from @bromate's answer.

Here is another way:

import os
user = os.environ['SUDO_USER'] # KeyError if not run under sudo