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Re: /etc/passwd emulation


>>> On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 21:41:37 +0200
>>> Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> said:

> The call to getlogin() is the same as a call to GetUserName()
> but if it fails, it returns 'unknown'. The original source of
> read_etc_passwd() sets 'Administrator' as fallback and this is
> the only difference. While the username is senseless on 9X
> systems, on NT 'Administrator' would be a better fallback than
> 'unknown'.So, why should it be changed then...

Are there any cases that GetUserName() fails on NT ? I understand
GetUserName() fails mainly on 9X, and I don't want to see
'Administrator' on 9x.
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  | AIST      Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda@jaist.ac.jp>
  | HOKURIKU  School of Information Science
o_/ 1990      Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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