Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 114139
vncserver service does not load appropriate profile
Last modified: 2013-04-30 19:33:12 EDT
Description of problem: When starting vncserver automatically on boot using /etc/sysconfig/vncservers and the vncserver service, the users' profiles are not loaded. As a result, each vncserver session is run using root's profile instead. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL3 fully up2date as of 22 Jan 04 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to add a user: VNCSERVERS="1:myusername" 2. run "service start vncserver" 3. log in to the vnc server, open a termainal and type env | grep PATH. Actual results: Path is missing several entries, including /usr/local/bin Expected results: Complete, working path (the same path you would get if you did "su - username") Additional info: The problem is that the su command in /etc/init.d/vncserver doesn't specify the " - " option. Therefore, the user's profile is never loaded. To fix, change: "su ${USER} -c \"cd ~${USER} ... to: "su - ${USER} -c \"cd ~${USER} ... This is similar to bug 100706 for RH9
The same applies to EL4: initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c \ "runuser ${USER} -c \"cd ~${USER} && [ -f .vnc/passwd ] && vncserver :${DISP} ${VNCUSERARGS}\"" should be: initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c \ "runuser -l ${USER} -c \"cd ~${USER} && [ -f .vnc/passwd ] && vncserver :${DISP} ${VNCUSERARGS}\""
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0034.html