Merge pull request #5954 from cancan101/patch-1

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 31fa2b2ef0aa · 2016-02-01T17:40:24.000-05:00
Fix issues with getting tempdir when unknown uid
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -552,7 +552,13 @@ def _create_tmp_config_dir():
         # Some restricted platforms (such as Google App Engine) do not provide
         # gettempdir.
         return None
-    tempdir = os.path.join(tempdir, 'matplotlib-%s' % getpass.getuser())
+
+    try:
+        username = getpass.getuser()
+    except KeyError:
+        username = str(os.getuid())
+    tempdir = os.path.join(tempdir, 'matplotlib-%s' % username)
+
     os.environ['MPLCONFIGDIR'] = tempdir
 
     mkdirs(tempdir)
