From: "ruby@..." <ruby@...>
Date: 2005-03-03T21:23:45+09:00
Subject: Env class bug?

Hi,

trying to implement something like:

cd ~

using

Dir.chdir( Etc.getpwnam( Etc.getlogin ).dir )

(I thought this should be quite safe path) I faced this behaviour:

root@machine:~# su - everyuser
everyuser@machine:~$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'etc'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Etc.getlogin
=> "root"
irb(main):003:0>

Is this expected behaviour? Seems like a bug to me. Am I missing something?

Regards,

r.