>> When is the following line from /etc/profile
>> export HOME=$(grep -e "^${USER:-root}:" /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f 6)
>> ever useful?> if $USER != 'root' ? I use many users other than `root' on my OpenWRT machine and have never needed the above line. So if that can be useful, it's not just when "user != root". > or $USER is unset - is this possible at this stage? - HOME being improperly set is very rare (my question is trying to figure out when/if it can ever happen). - HOME being unset is even more rare. - USER being unset is also very rare (tho, IIUC there are systems (HP-UX maybe?) where it's not set, since IIRC some versions of POSIX only requires LOGNAME and not USER). -- Stefan _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
