| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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| To: | Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Is my home $HOME or is it getpwent()->pw_dir ? |
| Date: | 2021-12-20 14:15:12 |
| Message-ID: | 1fb92e0d-a40e-cd8c-4989-85ac08025dc5@enterprisedb.com |
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On 18.12.21 21:57, Chapman Flack wrote:
> I sometimes do some testing as nobody, on a distro where
> getpwent(nobody)->pw_dir is a directory that nobody can't write.
> So I end up setting $HOME to a directory that, um, is writable.
>
> When I start psql, strace shows $HOME being honored when looking
> for .terminfo and .inputrc, and getpwent()->pw_dir being used
> to look for .pgpass, .psqlrc, and .psql_history, which of course
> aren't there.
>
> I'm sure the .terminfo and .inputrc lookups are being done by library code.
> In my experience, it seems traditionally unixy to let $HOME take precedence.
See this patch: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/36/3362/
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