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        "Re: USERNAME bug zsh-2.6-beta9" (Jun 30, 10:20am)
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On Jun 30, 10:20am, Philip Kizer wrote:
} Subject: Re: USERNAME bug zsh-2.6-beta9
}
} becker@phobos.atria.com (Paul H. Becker) wrote:
} >One (tiny) problem I have found with zsh-2.6-beta9 (as well as
} >zsh-2.6-beta9-hzoli9) is that when I "su" to a new user, $USERNAME stays
} >the same as the person I initially logged in as ($LOGNAME). Previous
} >version of zsh (zsh-2.6-beta8) correctly change $USERNAME when I "su".

Er, sorry, but that's the correct behavior.  USERNAME and USER and
LOGNAME and HOME and so on should only get changed when you use "su -"
(to run the new shell as a login shell).  Otherwise the environment
is supposed to remain that of the original user.


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