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fix(ubuntu): set HOME/USER explicitly for runAsHostUser's su call #197

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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions dist/platforms/ubuntu/entrypoint.sh
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Expand Up @@ -87,8 +87,15 @@ if [[ "$RUN_AS_HOST_USER" == "true" ]]; then
# Don't stop on error when running our scripts as error handling is baked in
set +e

# Switch to the host user so we can create files with the correct ownership
su $USERNAME -c "$SHELL -c 'source /steps/runsteps.sh'"
# Switch to the host user so we can create files with the correct ownership.
# Pass HOME/USER explicitly so the Unity Licensing Client (which writes to
# ~/.config/unity3d) resolves a real, writable home directory rather than
# falling back to root's environment - without this, a floating-license
# server build under RUN_AS_HOST_USER could silently fall through to a
# license lacking the requested platform support instead of raising an
# error (game-ci/unity-builder#739, fixed there by #838). -p preserves the
# rest of the env from root.
su -p $USERNAME -c "HOME=/home/$USERNAME USER=$USERNAME LOGNAME=$USERNAME $SHELL -c 'source /steps/runsteps.sh'"
else
echo "Running as root"

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