P4USER
Description
Current Perforce username.
Usage Notes
|
Used by Client? |
Used by Server? |
Command-Line Alternative |
Can be set in P4CONFIG file? |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Yes |
No |
p4 -u |
Yes |
Value if not Explicitly Set
|
Operating System |
Value |
|---|---|
|
Windows |
The value of the |
|
All Others |
The value of the |
Examples
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Notes
By default, the Perforce username is the same as the OS username.
If a particular Perforce user does not have a password set, then any other
Perforce user can impersonate this user by using the -u
option with their Perforce commands. To prevent this, users should set
their password with the p4
user or p4
passwd command.
If a user has set their Perforce password, you can still run commands as
that user (if you know the password) with p4 -u
username -P password
command.
Perforce superusers can impersonate users without knowing their passwords. For more information, see the Perforce Server Administrator's Guide: Fundamentals.