getpass

[Jorge Godoy]

"Lucas Raab" <lvraab at earthlink.net> writes:

> Could someone please demo the "getpass" module? I would like to use this,
> but have problems with it. Also, is there a way to have usernames other than
> through "pwd" (which I don't have because I have Win98).

I had the same problem you do.

You can try using os.getlogin():

>>> import os
>>> print os.getlogin()
godoy
>>>


On the other hand, the availability of the user on Win98 et al. seems
to be due to the way its auth mechanism works.

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