From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19477: 24.4; Init script from su terminal Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:36:26 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87iogrixn9.fsf@gmx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1420051035 31507 80.91.229.3 (31 Dec 2014 18:37:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19477@debbugs.gnu.org To: ibeas@gmx.com (=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=81lvar?= Ibeas) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 31 19:37:08 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8p-0006hc-R7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:37:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41079 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8p-000860-B3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:37:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33770) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8k-00085p-TX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:37:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8k-0001FX-1l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:37:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52807) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8j-0001FT-Uv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:37:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8j-0002zQ-Lp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:37:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19477 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19477-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19477.142005099211438 (code B ref 19477); Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19477) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Dec 2014 18:36:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33937 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8G-0002yQ-6t for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:36:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:60436) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8F-0002yJ-2X for 19477@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:36:31 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6O8D-0008I7-DH; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:36:29 -0500 X-Spook: SWAT weapons of mass destruction CIA emc e-cash target X-Ran: %T)[Zh!)\JpGDvO|h^nLaFcq|R}-S)PXX+Rqlvfq&S?GcuVMfV/N`M/-d8@u/9=r>>qI2z X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <87iogrixn9.fsf@gmx.com> ("=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=81lvar?= Ibeas"'s message of "Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:36:58 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:97898 Archived-At: =C3=81lvar Ibeas wrote: > ``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. Emacs is behaving as documented. The `su' programs from coreutils (it's since been removed in favour of the util-linux one) and util-linux (as used by eg Red Hat) do not change LOGNAME or USER when su'ing to root. It seems that Debian's `su' comes from the `shadow' package and does change them. But all the `su' programs are behaving as documented too. It's a shame they don't agree with each other...