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From: jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Jarausch)
Subject: LOGNAME - how is it set?
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Please help!
I have the strange problem that for one user everything is set OK except
LOGNAME=root.
This problem does not occur if I change this user's login shell to /bin/sh .
Where does zsh take the information for LOGNAME from?

Thank you very much for any hints,
Helmut Jarausch.