From 4ce24954aae5e0af666741e69d5b93a7ad8e97ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Sanda <sanda@lyx.org>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 13:36:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Strip gecos on Unix systems on user name only. Patch from
 Scott Kostyshak.

---
 src/support/userinfo.cpp | 4 +++-
 src/support/userinfo.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/support/userinfo.cpp b/src/support/userinfo.cpp
index 5f2cfcab65..c873afe247 100644
--- a/src/support/userinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/support/userinfo.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ docstring const user_name()
 	struct passwd * pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
 	LASSERT(pw, /**/);
 
-	string name = pw->pw_gecos;
+	const string gecos = pw->pw_gecos;
+	const size_t pos = gecos.find(",");
+	string name = gecos.substr(0, pos);
 	if (name.empty())
 		name = pw->pw_name;
 	return from_local8bit(name);
diff --git a/src/support/userinfo.h b/src/support/userinfo.h
index 2c482f475c..6232a2b427 100644
--- a/src/support/userinfo.h
+++ b/src/support/userinfo.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 namespace lyx {
 namespace support {
 
-/// return the current user's real name
+/// return the current user's real name or user name
 docstring const user_name();
 
 /// return the current user's e-mail address