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[Bug 743902] Re: getlogin() needs changing

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From: Andrew Hutchings <743902@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:34 -0000
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** Changed in: drizzle/elliott
       Status: Fix Committed => In Progress

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Title:
  getlogin() needs changing

Status in A Lightweight SQL Database for Cloud Infrastructure and Web Applications:
  Fix Committed
Status in Drizzle elliott series:
  In Progress
Status in Drizzle fremont series:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  In the drizzle clients we use getlogin().  We need to:

  1. change this to getpwuid(geteuid()) for various reasons (getlogin() doesn't work in several cases, causes a valgrind leak, etc...)
  2. add it to console plugin

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