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| -rw-r--r-- | login-utils/login.1 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | login-utils/login.c | 1 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1 index 26cd951ac..cb8024100 100644 --- a/login-utils/login.1 +++ b/login-utils/login.1 @@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ for more information. The user and group ID will be set according to their values in the .I /etc/passwd file. There is one exception if the user ID is zero: in this case, -only the primary group ID of the account is set. This should prevent -that the system adminitrator cannot login in case of network problems. +only the primary group ID of the account is set. This should allow +the system adminitrator to login even in case of network problems. The value for .BR $HOME , +.BR $USER , .BR $SHELL , .BR $PATH , .BR $LOGNAME , 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); |