[Bug 2131153] Re: wrong /dev/pts owner for login shell (and $HOME)
Simon Johnsson
2131153 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Nov 13 09:04:09 UTC 2025
I have filed an upstream issue related to the pty ownership bug:
https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/issues/1333
** Bug watch added: github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/issues #1333
https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/issues/1333
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Title:
wrong /dev/pts owner for login shell (and $HOME)
Status in rust-sudo-rs package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
sudo-rs doesn't set a login shells /dev/pts owner correctly and
doesn't set its $HOME, while sudo.ws does.
sudo.ws:
jj at host % lxc exec canonical -- sudo.ws -i -u ubuntu
ubuntu at canonical ~ % pwd
/home/ubuntu
ubuntu at canonical ~ % echo $HOME
/home/ubuntu
ubuntu at canonical ~ % tty
/dev/pts/4
ubuntu at canonical ~ % ls -la /dev/pts/4
crw--w---- 1 ubuntu tty 136, 4 Nov 12 15:37 4
sudo-rs:
jj at host % lxc exec canonical -- sudo-rs -i -u ubuntu
canonical% pwd
/home/ubuntu
canonical% echo $HOME
/root
canonical% tty
/dev/pts/4
ubuntu at canonical ~ % ls -l /dev/pts/4
crw--w---- 1 root tty 136, 4 Nov 12 15:28 4
two bugs in sudo-rs:
- pty owner is wrong (should be the login user, not root)
- HOME is not set (it is in env_keep) (and it works with: lxc exec canonical -- sudo-rs HOME=/home/ubuntu -i -u ubuntu)
correct pty owning is important, otherwise e.g. gpg-agent can't show
pinentry on the terminal where gpg was invoked on!
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