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Subject: Re: Doas environment not right?
From: "Sertonix" <sertonix@posteo.net>
To: "Ian Smith" <m4r35n357@gmx.co.uk>, <~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org>
References: <20250823120637.4cd62e59@bonsai.doitto.me.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20250823120637.4cd62e59@bonsai.doitto.me.uk>

> According to the doas(1) manpage:
>
> "The variables DISPLAY and TERM are inherited from the current
> environment."
>
> This is incorrect:
>
> $ env|grep -e TERM -e DISPLAY
> TERM=3Dxterm-256color
> DISPLAY=3Dlocalhost:10.0
>
> $ doas su -
> # env|grep -e TERM -e DISPLAY
> TERM=3Dxterm-256color

The - option of su clears the environment. If you do 'doas env' it will lis=
t DISPLAY.

> This prevents me from e.g. running gparted from an XFCE panel launcher.
>
> # gparted
>
> (gpartedbin:15313): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:03:23.389: cannot open display:=20
>
> Have I missed something?

Maybe 'doas gparted' is what you want?