From: Chris Koeritz <cak0l@virginia.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 20:08:28 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: added OLD_HOME variable pointing to HOME before sudo
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.128~1^2~2
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe82c8a4d06fcb3c284310ccc585ea6ad4d5230a

added OLD_HOME variable pointing to HOME before sudo

makes it a bit easier to get back to the "real" user's home dir who started the sudo.
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diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index 8c9c0b2a..8ad72ccf 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
 
     # launch sudo with just the variables we want to reach the other side.
     local varmods=
-#    varmods+="PATH= "
+    varmods+="OLD_HOME=$HOME "
     if [ ! -z "$IMPORTED_XAUTH" ]; then varmods+="IMPORTED_XAUTH=$IMPORTED_XAUTH "; fi
-    if [ ! -z "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then varmods+="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"; fi
+    if [ ! -z "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then varmods+="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK "; fi
     /usr/bin/sudo $varmods "$@"
     retval=$?