#24: [PATCH] pam_env: Expand @{HOME} and @{SHELL} --------------------------+------------------------------ Reporter: chrisse | Owner: pam-developers@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Component: modules Version: | Keywords: Blocked By: | Blocking: --------------------------+------------------------------ I came across the problem of trying to modify XDG_DATA_HOME etc. to some other value. pam_env seems to be the ideal point to set those variables, and pam_env.conf supports expansions. However, as already explained in the configuration examples, the ${HOME} environment variable is only set later from the process calling PAM, so there is currently no possibility to actually use this feature. The following patch adds support to expand @{SHELL} and @{HOME}. It does so by looking up the password database entry corresponding to the user and returning the pw_dir and pw_shell fields. The patch works, but it is not complete, since it does not update the documentation. I consider it to be a proof of concept, since I didn't know where exactly to fit in this functionality in the existing code. -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/linux-pam/ticket/24> linux-pam <http://fedorahosted.org/linux-pam> The Linux-PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) project