logname command and Reflections x

[Penni Nussbaum]

When I login through regular telnet (I use Reflections), the command "logname" shows my login name. However, when I login through Reflections X ( X windowing), the command" logname" returns "????". This is not a pathing problelm, as when I enter /usr/bin/logname, it still returns "????".
What environment issue am I missing?

[Thierry Poels_1 · Accepted solution]

hi,
"logname" retrieves the name of the user currently logged in on a terminal associated with the calling process, as found in /etc/utmp. This is where x-windows might fail.
Maybe you could try "echo $LOGNAME" as a workaround.
regards,
Thierry.

[Penni Nussbaum]

Thanks, it worked!