From: Stefan Monnier <monnier+lists/zsh/workers/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU>
To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: no $USER when root
Date: 21 Jun 1997 22:55:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5len9vtkgk.fsf@tequila.systemsz.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199706211937.PAA01789@hzoli.home>
Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@ny.frontiercomm.net> writes:
> > Sorry is this is old news to you all, but I just realized that when I am
> > logged in as root there is no $USER variable set.
> USER is not set by zsh, it should be set by login or su or xdm or whatever.
Also, IIRC, the official POSIX envvar for that is LOGNAME rather than USER.
Or am I blowing hot air ?
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-06-22 2:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-06-21 19:30 Timothy J. Luoma
1997-06-21 19:37 ` Zoltan Hidvegi
1997-06-22 2:55 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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