sudo changing environment variables

[Tom Alsberg]

I found the answer - set_logname...

  Sorry for bothering you,
  -- Tom

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 07:42:07PM +0300, Tom Alsberg wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> Is there, or will there be, a way to configure sudo not to change
> environment variables like LOGNAME, USER, MAILPATH, etc., except for
> patching the source?
> I think this would be a more sensible behaviour, and should at least
> be configurable to be that way...
> 
> The way su doesn't change those variables, it seems more sensible, so
> that the user's environment is more preserved, and for example
> some applications use the preferences/rc files of the user issuing the
> su command (usually the desired behaviour), and RCS gets the author's
> correct identity...
> 
>   Best regards,
>   -- Tom
> 
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