Merge from 3.x: PR #4311

spyder-ide · Apr 3, 2017 · 138361a · 138361a
2 parents bc13350 + 061d2b8
commit 138361a
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diff --git a/spyder/utils/programs.py b/spyder/utils/programs.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from getpass import getuser
 import imp
 import inspect
 import os
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class ProgramError(Exception):
 if os.name == 'nt':
     TEMPDIR = tempfile.gettempdir() + osp.sep + 'spyder'
 else:
-    username = encoding.to_unicode_from_fs(os.environ.get('USER'))
+    username = encoding.to_unicode_from_fs(getuser())
     TEMPDIR = tempfile.gettempdir() + osp.sep + 'spyder-' + username