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authorDave Reisner2012-03-11 05:54:14 +0100
committerKarel Zak2012-03-13 12:24:25 +0100
commitfed52fd5ca5d42fcc0c60532e84f7159b22237ea (patch)
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parentlsblk: RQ-SIZE is part of the --topology output (man page bugfix) (diff)
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login: add USER to initial environment
Add this value from the passwd struct to the environment, as it is expected by shells, and generally useful to users. This also clarifies a poorly worded sentence in the vicinity of the manpage change. Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/login-utils/login.c b/login-utils/login.c
index 4f448f860..6c3b6f709 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.c
+++ b/login-utils/login.c
@@ -1142,6 +1142,7 @@ static void init_environ(struct login_context *cxt)
}
setenv("HOME", pwd->pw_dir, 0); /* legal to override */
+ setenv("USER", pwd->pw_name, 1);
setenv("SHELL", pwd->pw_shell, 1);
setenv("TERM", termenv, 1);