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-rw-r--r--perl-install/Makefile.config2
-rw-r--r--perl-install/NEWS4
-rw-r--r--perl-install/run_program.pm5
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/Makefile.config b/perl-install/Makefile.config
index ab8d5db5f..57f8644e8 100644
--- a/perl-install/Makefile.config
+++ b/perl-install/Makefile.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# -*- Makefile -*-
-VERSION:=10.29.11
+VERSION:=10.29.12
SUDO = sudo
TMPDIR = /tmp
diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 9ddd6fa03..7e1a2d714 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 10.29.12 - 11 February 2010
+
+- run_program: set XAUTHORITY and HOME for the user we will drop
+ privileges to
- drakhelp:
o fix firefox launch bug #29775
- diskdrake:
diff --git a/perl-install/run_program.pm b/perl-install/run_program.pm
index 0f84b9087..a74935656 100644
--- a/perl-install/run_program.pm
+++ b/perl-install/run_program.pm
@@ -111,8 +111,11 @@ sub raw {
} else {
if ($options->{setuid}) {
require POSIX;
- $ENV{'LOGNAME'} = getpwuid($options->{setuid}) || $ENV{LOGNAME};
POSIX::setuid($options->{setuid});
+ my ($logname, $home) = (getpwuid($options->{setuid}))[0,7];
+ $ENV{'XAUTHORITY'} = "$home/.Xauthority";
+ $ENV{'LOGNAME'} = $logname || $ENV{LOGNAME};
+ $ENV{'HOME'} = $home;
}
sub die_exit {