<p>Instead of hardcoding the default @author template I would like Eclipse to use user's real name taken from account information (in Linux - but Windows solution is also welcome). Entering it somewhere into Eclipse configuration would be acceptable, too, alas I can't find the right place.</p>

It seems that your best bet is to redefine the java
```
user.name
```
variable either at your command line, or using the
```
eclipse.ini
```
file in your eclipse install root directory.
This seems to work fine for me:
```
```
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Duser.name=Davide Inglima
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
```
```
Update:
http://morlhon.net/blog/2005/09/07/eclipse-username/
is a dead link...
Here's a new one:
https://web.archive.org/web/20111225025454/http://morlhon.net:80/blog/2005/09/07/eclipse-username/