Re: LOGNAME not properly set on FreeBSD

[Erik Johnson <palehose@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 04:22:39PM -0500, Erik Johnson wrote:
> When using "su - username" to change users, zsh is not properly setting
> the LOGNAME environment variable on FreeBSD. Example below.
>
> erik@virtubsd:~% zsh --version
> zsh 5.0.2 (amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1)
> erik@virtubsd:~% su - root
> Password:
> virtubsd# echo $LOGNAME
> erik
> virtubsd# cat .zshrc
> cat: .zshrc: No such file or directory
> virtubsd# logout
> erik@virtubsd:~% sudo chpass -s /bin/csh root
> Password:
> chpass: user information updated
> erik@virtubsd:~% su - root
> Password:
> virtubsd# echo $LOGNAME
> root
> virtubsd# logout

I just built and installed 5.0.5, and the issue persists there as well.


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-Erik

"For me, it is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to
persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."  --Carl Sagan

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