1 Jun
2017
1 Jun
'17
12:01 p.m.
On several occasions - but this is the first when I've had time to look into it - the first few xterms opened in a new session have been returning the wrong username from getlogin(): getuid() -> 26013 (correct) getpwuid(getuid()) -> richard (correct) getlogin() -> _spotlight (wrong) The terminal ownership is right: macaroni$ tty /dev/ttys001 macaroni$ ls -l /dev/ttys001 crw--w---- 1 richard tty 16, 1 Jun 1 12:58 /dev/ttys001 The xterms are run with "xterm -ls". Any suggestions as to what to look for? -- Richard -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.