#!/usr/bin/python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # input-remapper - GUI for device specific keyboard mappings # Copyright (C) 2022 sezanzeb # # This file is part of input-remapper. # # input-remapper is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # input-remapper is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with input-remapper. If not, see . """Figure out the user.""" import getpass import os import pwd def get_user(): """Try to find the user who called sudo/pkexec.""" try: return os.getlogin() except OSError: # failed in some ubuntu installations and in systemd services pass try: user = os.environ["USER"] except KeyError: # possibly the systemd service. no sudo was used return getpass.getuser() if user == "root": try: return os.environ["SUDO_USER"] except KeyError: # no sudo was used pass try: pkexec_uid = int(os.environ["PKEXEC_UID"]) return pwd.getpwuid(pkexec_uid).pw_name except KeyError: # no pkexec was used or the uid is unknown pass return user def get_home(user): """Try to find the user's home directory.""" return pwd.getpwnam(user).pw_dir USER = get_user() HOME = get_home(USER)