From: loreb <loreb@users.noreply.github.com>
To: ml@inbox.vuxu.org
Subject: Re: "sudo logname" should return my username instead of "root"
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 22:56:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210725205652.q6olEewDvzw3TuYh-9FD3t0ahSrJBHDxmV8pvwucHOE@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <gh-mailinglist-notifications-41a7ca26-5023-4802-975b-f1789d68868e-void-packages-32185@inbox.vuxu.org>
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New comment by loreb on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/32185#issuecomment-886256716
Comment:
@ericonr til that `LOGNAME` is actually specified by POSIX, I didn't know that... still doas says it sets `LOGNAME`, period, and sudo says it does unless special precautions are taken.
If I understand correctly:
- musl is technically correct relying on LOGNAME,
- sudo & doas setting LOGNAME is technically incorrect (but probably the right choice) unless they actually login with utmp etc (doas doesn't, sudo mentions utmp/wtmp enough time that I believe they do)
so either musl resorts to strange hacks to handle the situation or until the musl guys do something like https://skarnet.org/software/utmps/ (unlikely) it looks to me like the current behavior is the least-worst option.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-25 20:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-25 3:44 [ISSUE] " rivanfebrian123
2021-07-25 3:57 ` ericonr
2021-07-25 4:06 ` rivanfebrian123
2021-07-25 5:43 ` ericonr
2021-07-25 19:49 ` loreb
2021-07-25 20:15 ` ericonr
2021-07-25 20:56 ` loreb [this message]
2021-07-25 23:59 ` rivanfebrian123
2021-07-26 1:09 ` ericonr
2021-07-26 12:07 ` fosslinux
2021-07-26 12:08 ` fosslinux
2021-08-02 14:03 ` loreb
2021-08-03 0:26 ` rivanfebrian123
2021-08-03 3:00 ` ericonr
2021-08-03 10:28 ` rivanfebrian123
2021-08-03 10:31 ` rivanfebrian123
2021-08-03 10:33 ` rivanfebrian123
2021-08-03 13:59 ` ericonr
2021-08-03 13:59 ` [ISSUE] [CLOSED] " ericonr
2021-08-03 13:59 ` ericonr
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