Try to read the config parameter user.name from $NAME before taking the
user name from /etc/passwd.
---
 notmuch-config.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/notmuch-config.c b/notmuch-config.c
index 4886d36..8f1f48d 100644
--- a/notmuch-config.c
+++ b/notmuch-config.c
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ get_username_from_passwd_file (void *ctx)
  *
  *             database_path:          $HOME/mail
  *
- *             user_name:              From /etc/passwd
+ *             user_name:              $NAME variable if set, otherwise
+ *                                     read from /etc/passwd
  *
  *             user_primary_mail:      $EMAIL variable if set, otherwise
  *                                     constructed from the username and
@@ -329,7 +330,9 @@ notmuch_config_open (void *ctx,
     }

     if (notmuch_config_get_user_name (config) == NULL) {
-       char *name = get_name_from_passwd_file (config);
+       char *name = getenv ("NAME");
+       if (! name)
+           name = get_name_from_passwd_file (config);
        notmuch_config_set_user_name (config, name);
        talloc_free (name);
     }
-- 
2.0.2


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