Bug 10237 - twm: uses only getenv(HOME), not getpwent()
Summary: twm: uses only getenv(HOME), not getpwent()
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: App/twm (show other bugs)
Version: git
Hardware: Other All
: medium normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
URL: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrep...
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Reported: 2007-03-09 13:22 UTC by Brice Goglin
Modified: 2011-09-25 00:24 UTC (History)
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Description Brice Goglin 2007-03-09 13:22:32 UTC 
Bur reported in the Debian BTS by Adam Heath 5 years ago, still applies.

If twm is called without $HOME set, it can't find the users home directory, so
can't look there for config files.

[23:06:56,385,Twm-Log] can't find user's HOME, looking for config file in current directory.

I've straced and ltraced twm, and it calls getenv("HOME"), but not getpwent.
Gimp, in this same situation, does properly find the user's home directory.

This particular user is not logged in.  Su was used to change to the user, and
start the process.
Comment 1 Uwe Kleine-König 2011-02-22 02:22:06 UTC 
According to getpwnam(3) [1] using HOME is the right thing to do.  So I suggest to close this bug without source changes.

[1] http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/getpwnam.3.html#NOTES
Comment 2 Alistair Leslie-Hughes 2011-04-07 03:14:11 UTC 
Debian reference
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=129933
Comment 3 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2011-09-25 00:24:47 UTC 
Comment #1.  Not a bug.

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