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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2 | 38 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2 index 9a254f3..cea8caf 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getlogin.2 @@ -174,17 +174,16 @@ The size of the buffer is smaller than the result to be returned. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr setsid 2 , .Xr daemon 3 -.Sh BUGS -In earlier versions of the system, -.Fn getlogin -failed unless the process was associated with a login terminal. -The current implementation (using -.Fn setlogin ) -allows getlogin to succeed even when the process has no controlling terminal. -In earlier versions of the system, the value returned by +.Sh STANDARDS +The .Fn getlogin -could not be trusted without checking the user ID. -Portable programs should probably still make this check. +system call +and +the +.Fn getlogin_r +function +conform to +.St -p1003.1-96 . .Sh HISTORY The .Fn getlogin @@ -196,13 +195,14 @@ was changed from earlier versions of .Fx to be conformant with .St -p1003.1-96 . -.Sh STANDARDS -The +.Sh BUGS +In earlier versions of the system, .Fn getlogin -system call -and -the -.Fn getlogin_r -function -conform to -.St -p1003.1-96 . +failed unless the process was associated with a login terminal. +The current implementation (using +.Fn setlogin ) +allows getlogin to succeed even when the process has no controlling terminal. +In earlier versions of the system, the value returned by +.Fn getlogin +could not be trusted without checking the user ID. +Portable programs should probably still make this check. |
