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Message #72896
[Bug 760140] Re: HOME environmental variable no long preserved with sudo by default
I personally believe that the decision of adding this patch is wrong,
please refer Bug #1373495.
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Title:
HOME environmental variable no long preserved with sudo by default
Status in sudo package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in sudo source package in Natty:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: sudo
As discussed on ubuntu-devel in February
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
devel/2011-February/032490.html:
sudo sh -c 'echo $HOME'
no longer returns the current users home directory rather it returns
/root. This is a change in behavior from Maverick which kept $HOME.
The following debian bug contains information about why this is
happening now - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=596847. " The HOME and MAIL environment
variables are now reset based on the target user's password database
entry when the env_reset sudoers option is enabled (which is the case
in the default configuration)."
Something should be done to ensure there isn't a regression and that
$HOME is preserved by default.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: sudo 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-server 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-server x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: btrfs zlib_deflate libcrc32c ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs vfat msdos fat jfs xfs exportfs reiserfs nls_utf8 isofs nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc snd_hrtimer binfmt_misc usblp autofs4 dm_crypt snd_emu10k1_synth snd_emux_synth snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_emul snd_emu10k1 snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_idt snd_hda_intel snd_ac97_codec snd_hda_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_util_mem snd_hwdep snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore snd_page_alloc netconsole configfs firewire_sbp2 emu10k1_gp lp gameport parport psmouse serio_raw joydev dcdbas raid10 raid456 async_pq async_xor async_memcpy async_raid6_recov raid6_pq async_tx raid0 multipath linear dm_raid45 xor raid1 hid_logitech ff_memless hid_microsoft usbhid hid usb_storage uas firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t radeon ahci libahci ttm drm_kms_helper e1000e drm i2c_algo_bit
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: fee5e196cb921cbd36888f428b38b488
CheckboxSystem: 2a6f54df59af338184485e85cbcf0d32
Date: Wed Apr 13 11:23:27 2011
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-10 (2 days ago)
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