Bug 200875 – echo $GTK_IM_MODULE is not set when doing "su -"

Bug 200875 - echo $GTK_IM_MODULE is not set when doing "su -"

Summary:	echo $GTK_IM_MODULE is not set when doing "su -"

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	scim (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Jens Petersen
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Reported:	2006-08-01 03:14 EDT by Mayank Jain
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2006-08-01 04:23:02 EDT
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Description Mayank Jain 2006-08-01 03:14:08 EDT

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)

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Comment 1 Jens Petersen 2006-08-01 04:23:02 EDT

"su -" starts a login shell with a fresh environment.
Use "su" if you want to keep the users env.

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