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-rw-r--r--perl-install/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--perl-install/run_program.pm2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 3adbfad3d..03799a6d7 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- running commands as user:
+ o fix the fallback when the helper didn't provide the real UID (mga#18288)
+
Version 17.33 - 27 May 2016
- list all drivers needing a proprietary driver
diff --git a/perl-install/run_program.pm b/perl-install/run_program.pm
index fc73c294a..0b5776a2d 100644
--- a/perl-install/run_program.pm
+++ b/perl-install/run_program.pm
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ sub raw {
my $uid;
$uid = $ENV{USERHELPER_UID} && getpwuid($ENV{USERHELPER_UID});
$uid ||= common::get_parent_uid();
- $options->{setuid} = getpwnam($uid) if $uid;
my ($full_user) = grep { $_->[2] eq $uid } list_passwd();
+ $options->{setuid} = getpwnam($full_user->[0]) if $full_user->[0];
$home = $full_user->[7] if $full_user;
}
local $ENV{HOME} = $home if $home;