/sbin/init overrides HOME and TERM env vars

[Stefan Seyfried]

On 12.03.22 11:19, jkm wrote:
> Dear Stefan
> 
>> Looking at the kernel code in init/main.c, it does look like HOME=/ 
>> TERM=linux is hard coded in the kernel with no way to override this 
>> from the command line.
> 
> I guess you are wrong.
> HOME and TERM env vars can be overriden with boot params.

Ok, then I was reading the kernel code wrong ;-)

> Anyway, if HOME=/ is hardcoded in the kernel then what is the reason for 
> setting it in init command for the second time?
> 
>      putenv((char *) "HOME=/");

I guessed it was some (old) compatibility stuff, reaching back to 
kernels 0.99.x when HOME and TERM might not have been set by the kernel 
already ;-)

>> Did you check if you can actually set this to something else?
> 
> Yes, I did.

Then I'll shut up now :-)
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Stefan Seyfried

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