From 087970bca8ed71b994b795acf3e473562cb3e3c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cornelius Mosch <16503500+cmaxl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:25:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] replace os.getlogin() with getpass.getuser() (#9928)

---
 esphome/__main__.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/__main__.py b/esphome/__main__.py
index c9f5037890..341c1fa893 100644
--- a/esphome/__main__.py
+++ b/esphome/__main__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import argparse
 from datetime import datetime
 import functools
+import getpass
 import importlib
 import logging
 import os
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ def check_permissions(port):
             raise EsphomeError(
                 "You do not have read or write permission on the selected serial port. "
                 "To resolve this issue, you can add your user to the dialout group "
-                f"by running the following command: sudo usermod -a -G dialout {os.getlogin()}. "
+                f"by running the following command: sudo usermod -a -G dialout {getpass.getuser()}. "
                 "You will need to log out & back in or reboot to activate the new group access."
             )