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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
login-utils/login.1 | 5 +++--
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 26cd951..cb80241 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 4f448f8..6c3b6f7 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);
--
1.7.9.3
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