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[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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