Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 21:20:01 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/2934: sh(1) has problems with $ENV Message-ID: <199703110520.VAA27140@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/2934; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
To: un_x@hotmail.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freefall.freebsd.org,
freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/2934: sh(1) has problems with $ENV
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 23:10:57 -0600
steve howe wrote:
>
> >Number: 2934
> >Category: bin
> >Synopsis: sh(1) has problems with $ENV
>
> /bin/sh in any FreeBSD system so far.
>
> >Description:
>
> /bin/sh processes $ENV fine if it has been set inside ~/.profile like:
>
> ENV=${HOME}/.env; export ENV
>
> However, it fails to source $ENV in this case:
>
> export ENV=${HOME}/.env
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
>
> Use:
>
> export ENV=${HOME}/.env
>
> in your ~/.profile, and re-invoke another level of sh(1). $ENV won't
> be read. Now invoke any other Bourne-alike shell (pdksh, ksh93,
> bash), it will process $ENV correctly.
>
I tried this and it didn't appear to work at first, but I believe
it is because of this.
steve[~]$ grep steve /etc/passwd
steve:*:1000:1000:Steve Price:/home/steve:/bin/bash
steve[~]$ echo $ENV
/home/steve/.bashrc
steve[~]$ cat /home/steve/.bashrc
steve[~]$ cat /home/steve/.profile
export ENV=${HOME}/env-stuff
echo ~/.profile
steve[~]$ cat /home/steve/env-stuff
echo "Yep I'm here!"
steve[~]$ sh
\u[\w]\$ exit
steve[~]$
But after I change my login shell to /bin/sh or do a
export ENV=${HOME}/env-stuff. It works as suspected. It appears
to be a problem in that ~/.bash_profile is getting sourced and
ENV is picked up from there. The reason that this would matter
is that ~/.profile (or ~/.bash_profile for bash's case) is only
getting sourced when it is started as a login shell. So just
typing 'sh' will not source ~/.profile, but will source $ENV (which
was set by your login shell) if your euid == uid && egid == gid.
Could this be the case with you as well?
Steve
> >Fix:
>
> Not known.
>
> >Audit-Trail:
> >Unformatted:
> [This PR sent by joerg on behalf of Steve who doesn't have a good
> enough IP connectivity.]
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