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From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Subject: Re: shell environment when mounting
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:33:53 +0800
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To: Stef Bon <stef@bononline.nl>
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Stef Bon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I'm using a construction where the automounter is started when a
> sessions starts, using ConsoleKit.
> Look at:
> http://linux.bononline.nl/linux/fuse-workspace/index.php
> 
> 
> I'm using the feature of ConsoleKit to run a script/program when a
> session is added, and when it's removed, in
> /etc/ConsoleKit/run.d.
> 
> Now here some environmentvariables are set by ConsoleKit, indicating the
> user, the seat and the session, and more.
> 
> Part of my construction is a wrapper shell script around mount.cifs,
> which calls mount.cifs with the right parameters.
> It's a sh script. Now I've found out that the environmentvariables set
> by ConsoleKit are still set when this script is run.
> It looks like the mount.md5key (this is the name of the wrapper) shell
> script is using the same environment as when the
> automounter is started.
> 
> Is this right??

Programs do generally inherit the environment within which they are
started. So yes, of course.

Ian