---
name: "logname"
section: "1"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/logname"
---

# logname(1)

display user's login name

## NAME

**logname** – display user's login name

## SYNOPSIS

**logname**

## DESCRIPTION

The **logname** utility writes the user's login name to standard output followed by a newline (‘\\n’).

The **logname** utility explicitly ignores the LOGNAME and USER environment variables because the environment cannot be trusted.

## EXIT STATUS

The **logname** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[who(1)](/who/1.md), [whoami(1)](/whoami/1.md), [getlogin(2)](/getlogin/2.md)

## STANDARDS

The **logname** utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”) specification.

## HISTORY

The **logname** command first appeared in PWB/UNIX 1.0 and was reimplemented for 4.3BSD-Net/2.