Is there a portable way to get the current username in Python?

Question

Is there a portable way to get the current user\'s username in Python (i.e., one that works under both Linux and Windows, at least). It would work like os.getuid

Answer 1

You can probably use:

os.environ.get('USERNAME')

or

os.environ.get('USER')

But it's not going to be safe because environment variables can be changed.