[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): getuid() returns real process id not effective (closes #22307)

[benjamin.peterson]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/59f2edeb8443
changeset:   92274:59f2edeb8443
branch:      2.7
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Sat Aug 30 21:04:15 2014 -0400
summary:
  getuid() returns real process id not effective (closes #22307)

files:
  Doc/library/os.rst |  8 ++++----
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@
 .. function:: getlogin()
 
    Return the name of the user logged in on the controlling terminal of the
-   process.  For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment variable
-   :envvar:`LOGNAME` to find out who the user is, or
-   ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the currently
-   effective user id.
+   process.  For most purposes, it is more useful to use the environment
+   variable :envvar:`LOGNAME` to find out who the user is, or
+   ``pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]`` to get the login name of the process's real
+   user id.
 
    Availability: Unix.
 

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