Add fallback behavior for `os.getlogin()` raising `No such device or address`

zocker-160 / thinkfan-ui

A small gui app for Linux to control the fan speed and monitor temps on a ThinkPad

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Closed devsnd closed 1 year ago

devsnd commented 1 year ago

Add fallback behavior for os.getlogin() raising No such device or address

Apparently the behavior is depending on the environment, see here: https://bugs.python.org/issue40821

Instead I made the fan world-writable, which might not be the best security wise, but it probably good enough. Now it works for me™

zocker-160 commented 1 year ago

Thank you for this LGTM, was not aware of this issue.