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in thread Determining real name from login name

This is a good hint, if you try that with Windows and Active Perl 5.6.x you get:

The getpwnam function is unimplemented at -e line 1.

And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: "Psst!"
(Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)

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