[ale] Perl: checking UID in a perl script run from cron

[Geoffrey]

Allan Neal wrote:
> I have a perl script I am running from cron.  The script must run as a certain
> user because of ssh key authentication.  I would like a function in the script
> that checks the UID of the script to verify that it is running as the correct
> user before proceeding.
> 
> I am using the "getlogin" function.  This works find from the command line,
> but when run from cron, it dumps out complaining that there is no login
> information to return.
> 
> How can I get around this?  Is there anyway to check the UID of the script
> process itself without using "getlogin?"

getpwuid maybe?

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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