[PC-BSD Commits] r18861 - pcbsd-projects/PCDM

[svn at pcbsd.org]

Author: kenmoore
Date: 2012-09-05 17:42:53 +0000 (Wed, 05 Sep 2012)
New Revision: 18861

Modified:
   pcbsd-projects/PCDM/pcdm-backend.cpp
Log:
Try a new setup for starting the desktop login process for PCDM



Modified: pcbsd-projects/PCDM/pcdm-backend.cpp
===================================================================
--- pcbsd-projects/PCDM/pcdm-backend.cpp	2012-09-05 17:07:56 UTC (rev 18860)
+++ pcbsd-projects/PCDM/pcdm-backend.cpp	2012-09-05 17:42:53 UTC (rev 18861)
@@ -90,30 +90,31 @@
   }
   //Use the saved information and clear it
   QString username = saveUsername;
-  QString cmd = saveX;
+  QString cmd = "su -m "+username+" "+saveX; //change user keeping the current environment variables
   saveUsername.clear(); 
   saveX.clear();
   
-  //Get the user's home directory
+  // Get the user's home directory
   QString homeDir = getUserHomeDir(username);
-  //Create the external process
+  // Create the external process
   QProcess* p = new QProcess(0);
-  //Setup the process environment
+  // Setup the process environment
   QProcessEnvironment environ = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment(); //current environment
   Backend::log("System Environment: " + environ.toStringList().join(" ") );
-  environ.insert("LOGNAME",username); //Login name
-  environ.insert("USERNAME",username); //
-  environ.insert("USER",username);
-  environ.insert("HOME",homeDir);
-  environ.insert("PATH",environ.value("PATH")+":"+homeDir+"/bin");
+  // Setup any specialized environment variables
+  //environ.insert("LOGNAME",username); //Login name
+  //environ.insert("USERNAME",username); //
+  //environ.insert("USER",username); //Set the user properly
+  //environ.insert("HOME",homeDir); // set the proper home directory
+  //environ.insert("PATH",environ.value("PATH")+":"+homeDir+"/bin"); // Append the user's home dir to the path
   p->setProcessEnvironment(environ);
-  //Startup the process
+  // Startup the process
   Backend::log("Modified Environment: " + environ.toStringList().join(" ") );
   Backend::log("Debug Mode: not starting DE");
   p->start(cmd);
-  //Wait for the process to start before continuing
+  // Wait for the process to start before continuing
   p->waitForStarted();
-  //Now Wait for the process to finish
+  // Now Wait for the process to finish
   p->waitForFinished(-1);  //do not time-out
 }