Merge pull request #747 from oluijks/user-display-name

HostService: add user display name and use it in UI

Modules/LockScreen/LockContext.qml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Services.Pam
 import qs.Commons
+import qs.Services.System
 
 Scope {
   id: root
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ Scope {
   PamContext {
     id: pam
     config: "login"
-    user: Quickshell.env("USER")
+    user: HostService.displayName
 
     onPamMessage: {
       Logger.i("LockContext", "PAM message:", message, "isError:", messageIsError, "responseRequired:", responseRequired)

Modules/LockScreen/LockScreen.qml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import qs.Services.Location
 import qs.Services.Media
 import qs.Services.Compositor
 import qs.Services.UI
+import qs.Services.System
 import qs.Widgets
 import qs.Widgets.AudioSpectrum
 
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ Loader {
 
                   // Welcome back + Username on one line
                   NText {
-                    text: I18n.tr("lock-screen.welcome-back") + " " + (Quickshell.env("USER").charAt(0).toUpperCase() + Quickshell.env("USER").slice(1)) + "!"
+                    text: I18n.tr("lock-screen.welcome-back") + " " + HostService.displayName + "!"
                     pointSize: Style.fontSizeXXL
                     font.weight: Font.Medium
                     color: Color.mOnSurface

Modules/Panels/ControlCenter/Cards/ProfileCard.qml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import Quickshell.Widgets
 import qs.Commons
 import qs.Modules.Panels.ControlCenter.Cards
 import qs.Modules.Panels.Settings
+import qs.Services.System
 import qs.Services.UI
 import qs.Widgets
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ NBox {
       Layout.fillWidth: true
       spacing: Style.marginXXS
       NText {
-        text: Quickshell.env("USER") || "user"
+        text: HostService.displayName
         font.weight: Style.fontWeightBold
         font.capitalization: Font.Capitalize
       }

Modules/Panels/Settings/Tabs/GeneralTab.qml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ColumnLayout {
 
     NTextInputButton {
       label: I18n.tr("settings.general.profile.picture.label", {
-                       "user": Quickshell.env("USER" || "User")
+                       "user": HostService.displayName
                      })
       description: I18n.tr("settings.general.profile.picture.description")
       text: Settings.data.general.avatarImage

Services/System/HostService.qml

@@ -14,6 +14,28 @@ Singleton {
   property bool isNixOS: false
   property bool isReady: false
 
+  // User info
+  readonly property string username: (Quickshell.env("USER") || "")
+  readonly property string envRealName: (Quickshell.env("NOCTALIA_REALNAME") || "")
+  property string realName: ""
+
+  readonly property string displayName: {
+    // Explicit override
+    if (envRealName && envRealName.length > 0)
+      return envRealName
+
+    // Name from getent
+    if (realName && realName.length > 0)
+      return realName
+
+    // Fallback: capitalized $USER
+    if (username && username.length > 0)
+      return username.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + username.slice(1)
+
+    // Last resort: placeholder
+    return "User"
+  }
+
   function init() {
     Logger.i("HostService", "Service started")
   }
@@ -111,4 +133,22 @@ Singleton {
     stdout: StdioCollector {}
     stderr: StdioCollector {}
   }
+
+  // Resolve GECOS real name once on startup
+  Process {
+    id: realNameProcess
+    command: ["sh", "-c", "getent passwd \"$USER\" | cut -d: -f5 | cut -d, -f1"]
+    running: true
+
+    stdout: StdioCollector {
+      onStreamFinished: {
+        const name = String(text || "").trim()
+        if (name.length > 0) {
+          root.realName = name
+          Logger.i("HostService", "resolved real name", name)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    stderr: StdioCollector {}
+  }
 }