logname(1) User Commands logname(1)NAME
logname - return user's login name
SYNOPSIS
logname
DESCRIPTION
The logname utility will write the user's login name to standard output. The login name is the string that would be returned by the getlo-
gin(3C) function. Under the conditions where getlogin() would fail, logname will write a diagnostic message to standard error and exit with
a non-zero exit status.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of logname: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE,
LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following error values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
FILES
/etc/profile environment for user at login time
/var/adm/utmpx user and accounting information
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWesu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO env(1), login(1), getlogin(3C), utmpx(4), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 3 Nov 2000 logname(1)
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grpck(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands grpck(1B)NAME
grpck - check group database entries
SYNOPSIS
/etc/grpck [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The grpck utility checks that a file in group(4) does not contain any errors; it checks the /etc/group file by default.
FILES
/etc/group
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO groups(1), group(4), passwd(4), attributes(5)DIAGNOSTICS
Too many/few fields
An entry in the group file does not have the proper number of fields.
No group name
The group name field of an entry is empty.
Bad character(s) in group name
The group name in an entry contains characters other than lower-case letters and digits.
Invalid GID
The group ID field in an entry is not numeric or is greater than 65535.
Null login name
A login name in the list of login names in an entry is null.
Logname not found in password file
A login name in the list of login names in an entry is not in the password file.
Line too long
A line (including the newline character) in the group file exceeds the maximum length of 512 characters.
Duplicate logname entry
A login name appears more than once in the list of login names for a group file entry.
Out of memory
The program cannot allocate memory in order to continue.
Maximum groups exceeded for logname
A login name's group membership exceeds the maximum, NGROUPS_MAX.
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