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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 601e9511..2e860624 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -1760,11 +1760,12 @@ lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode, Linux systems). lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode, systems without /var/run). .SH ENVIRONMENT -For correct initialization, -.I fetchmail -requires either that \fBgetpwuid\fR(3) be able to retrieve a password -entry from your user ID, or that either the LOGNAME or USER and the -HOME environment variables are correctly set. +If either the LOGNAME or USER and the variable is correctly set +(e.g. the corresponding UID matches the session user ID) then that +name is used as the default local name. Otherwise \fBgetpwuid\fR(3) +mudst be able to retrieve a password entry for the session ID (this +elaborate logic is designed to handle the case of multiple names per +userid gracefully). .SH SIGNALS If a |