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Re: no $USER when root

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From: Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: luomat@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: no $USER when root
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 15:37:55 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199706211930.PAA26345@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Timothy J. Luoma" at "Jun 21, 97 03:30:09 pm"

> Sorry is this is old news to you all, but I just realized that when I am  
> logged in as root there is no $USER variable set.

USER is not set by zsh, it should be set by login or su or xdm or whatever.

Zoltan

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- no $USER when root
  - From: Timothy J. Luoma

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