openrc-run: chdir into HOME for user services.

some services might expect to be in home, and may behave unexpectedly for the user, e.g. any program started via dbus, and this matches systemd-user behaviour. Signed-off-by: Anna (navi) Figueiredo Gomes <[email protected]>
OpenRC · Jul 24, 2024 · c26bc8a · c26bc8a
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commit c26bc8a
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c b/src/openrc-run/openrc-run.c
@@ -1164,6 +1164,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *path = NULL;
 	char *dir, *save = NULL;
 	char *pidstr = NULL;
+	const char *working_dir = "/";
 	size_t l = 0, ll;
 	struct stat stbuf;
 
@@ -1252,8 +1253,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (argc < 2)
 		usage(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
-	/* Change dir to / to ensure all init scripts don't use stuff in pwd */
-	if (chdir("/") == -1)
+	/* Change dir to / to ensure all init scripts don't use stuff in pwd
+	 * For user services, change to the user HOME instead. */
+	if (rc_is_user() && !(working_dir = getenv("HOME")))
+		eerrorx("HOME unset in user mode.");
+
+	if (chdir(working_dir) == -1)
 		eerror("chdir: %s", strerror(errno));
 
 	if ((runlevel = xstrdup(getenv("RC_RUNLEVEL"))) == NULL) {