From bc8be17c4dd1e7bb8eb98a0b7e5bcb0a536719b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars-Dominik Braun Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:52:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] environment: Set USER and LOGNAME in container MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * guix/scripts/environment.scm (launch-environment/container): Set username environment variables. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès --- guix/scripts/environment.scm | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm index b8979cac19..1fb3505307 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm @@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ (define (optional-mapping->fs mapping) (group-entry (gid 65534) ;the overflow GID (name "overflow")))) (home-dir (password-entry-directory passwd)) + (logname (password-entry-name passwd)) (environ (filter (match-lambda ((variable . value) (find (cut regexp-exec <> variable) @@ -528,6 +529,10 @@ (define (optional-mapping->fs mapping) ;; The same variables as in Nix's 'build.cc'. '("TMPDIR" "TEMPDIR" "TMP" "TEMP")) + ;; Some programs expect USER and/or LOGNAME to be set. + (setenv "LOGNAME" logname) + (setenv "USER" logname) + ;; Create a dummy home directory. (mkdir-p home-dir) (setenv "HOME" home-dir)