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X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:97896 Archived-At: Hello, Working under Debian, when I switch to root using `su', Emacs doesn't load the init script located in my user's home folder, as the manual says: ``if you run Emacs from a shell started by `su', Emacs tries to find your own `.emacs', not that of the user you are currently pretending to be [...] It gets your user name from the environment variables `LOGNAME' and `USER'.'' The variables LOGNAME and USER have both the value `root'. The command `logname' returns instead my own user name. Is this an Emacs bug?