Bug 200875 - echo $GTK_IM_MODULE is not set when doing "su -"
Summary: echo $GTK_IM_MODULE is not set when doing "su -"
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: scim
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Jens Petersen
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-08-01 07:14 UTC by Mayank Jain
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-08-01 08:23:02 UTC
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Description Mayank Jain 2006-08-01 07:14:08 UTC 
Description of problem:
When doing "su -" to another user, env var GTK_IM_MODULE is not set

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
scim-1.4.4-25.fc6

Steps to Reproduce:
1. login with "A" user & do "echo $GTK_IM_MODULE"
2. open another gnome-terminal & do "su - B"
3. in B's terminal, again do "echo $GTK_IM_MODULE"

  
Actual results:
B's terminal has GTK_IM_MODULE var not set

Expected results:
echo $GTK_IM_MODULE should result in scim (or an IME)

Additional info:
None
Comment 1 Jens Petersen 2006-08-01 08:23:02 UTC 
"su -" starts a login shell with a fresh environment.
Use "su" if you want to keep the users env.
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