Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 02:45:50 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 256233] security/doas: target user's login class gets ignored Message-ID: <bug-256233-7788-rTxtUJseSK@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-256233-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-256233-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D256233 --- Comment #11 from bugs.freebsd@scourger.nl --- When doas defaults to the target user's language, you can easily preserve t= he caller's language if you want to by using setenv in doas.conf. That is the = way it works with most other environment variables (like HOME, for example). With the current patch, LANG is essentially working the other way around. A= ll other environment variables which are set by doas get their value from the target user, unless specified otherwise in doas.conf (keepenv/setenv). I wo= uld expect LANG to work in the same manner. To give a few use-cases where you want the target user's language: * You regularly have to work with documents/data in different languages, and use separate accounts and doas to do so. * You're developing (or troubleshooting) applications in other languages. * You're using FreeBSD as a desktop, and run heavy and/or risky (security-w= ise) applications as a seperate user. You want most of your desktop to use en_US, but for some applications you prefer your native language (this might be a = text editors/word processors, mail clients, maybe a web browser). While I'll adm= it I'm making this up (not the separate user accounts), I can imagine some cas= es where this might make sense. * A variation of the previous scenario. You run some software under differe= nt accounts (as a policy), but default to using your native language. However,= the localization of certain programs is really bad, and you prefer to use a loc= ale based on English for those. * Last but not least: in most cases the calling and target user will probab= ly use the same language anyway. If they differ, it's probably for a reason. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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