Indeed $SUDO_USER works for applications that check $SUDO_USER, for
example, the following work similarly in the case of lxdm-config :
pkexec /usr/bin/env USER=$USER /usr/bin/lxdm-config
pkexec /usr/bin/env SUDO_USER=$USER /usr/bin/lxdm-config
pkexec --keep-user-env /usr/bin/lxdm-config
Note : t
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016, at 07:01 AM, Jean-Philippe Guillemin wrote:
> Hi, Many X applications require root privileges, but at the same time
> want to keep the original $USER env variable
Isn't the more correct precedent for this the `SUDO_USER`
environment variable?
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The patch :
diff -rNaud polkit-0.105/src/programs/pkexec.c
polkit-0.105-new/src/programs/pkexec.c
--- polkit-0.105/src/programs/pkexec.c 2012-04-24 18:05:34.0 +0200
+++ polkit-0.105-new/src/programs/pkexec.c 2016-02-27 13:15:21.683832135
+0100
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
" --hel
Hi,
Many X applications require root privileges, but at the same time want to
keep the original $USER env variable.
This option (see attached patch), while preserving the
sanitized environment, and also while still honoring the
org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui annotate key : allow the user
