Drop global HOME environment variable #64
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HOME is normally controlled by the "system"[1] and should match what the user's home directory in
/etc/passwd
is. Overwriting this value withENV
in this docker image causes some surprises when the user is changes withUSER
in a docker image derivedFROM
this image. Unfortunatly, docker still doesn't allow to "reset" environment variables (moby/moby#3465), so if I want to change the user, I need to remember to also updateHOME
.Long story short: This removes the global preset for
HOME
, soHOME
does function as expected.[1] I think in normal UNIX sessions, login is responsible for that, but in the case of docker, docker itself takes care of that..