This environment variable is useful in a few cases:
* If a user would rather not use their own username in the prefix. * If a user wants multiple users in a wine prefix (e.g. as separate profiles for programs). * If the prefix was created with proton, which replaces the username with steamuser, this allows the data under the home directory to be usable under vanilla wine without needing symlinks or renaming the directory. * Similarly, this allows prefixes created under a different username (e.g. transferred from a different system) to be used.
Signed-off-by: Myah Caron qsniyg@mail.com --- libs/wine/config.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libs/wine/config.c b/libs/wine/config.c index 2a3314cbfd..d05f021267 100644 --- a/libs/wine/config.c +++ b/libs/wine/config.c @@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ static void init_paths(void) struct stat st;
const char *home = getenv( "HOME" ); - const char *user = NULL; + const char *user = getenv( "WINEUSER" ); const char *prefix = getenv( "WINEPREFIX" ); char uid_str[32]; struct passwd *pwd = getpwuid( getuid() );
if (pwd) { - user = pwd->pw_name; + if (!user) user = pwd->pw_name; if (!home) home = pwd->pw_dir; } if (!user) -- 2.25.0
On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 07:59:58PM +0100, Myah Caron wrote:
- If a user would rather not use their own username in the prefix.
- If a user wants multiple users in a wine prefix (e.g. as separate
profiles for programs).
Wine doesn't handle having multiple "users" nor changing the Windows-side username very well. I've forgotten the details, and unfortunately didn't document them very well[1], but I remember this being very problematic when we tried it for Proton. I don't think adding a WINEUSER variable makes sense until multiple user profiles are well supported.
[1] Frustrating lack of information here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/605#issuecomment-416249569
Andrew
- If the prefix was created with proton, which replaces the username
with steamuser, this allows the data under the home directory to be usable under vanilla wine without needing symlinks or renaming the directory.
- Similarly, this allows prefixes created under a different username
(e.g. transferred from a different system) to be used.
Signed-off-by: Myah Caron qsniyg@mail.com
libs/wine/config.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libs/wine/config.c b/libs/wine/config.c index 2a3314cbfd..d05f021267 100644 --- a/libs/wine/config.c +++ b/libs/wine/config.c @@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ static void init_paths(void) struct stat st;
const char *home = getenv( "HOME" );
- const char *user = NULL;
const char *user = getenv( "WINEUSER" ); const char *prefix = getenv( "WINEPREFIX" ); char uid_str[32]; struct passwd *pwd = getpwuid( getuid() );
if (pwd) {
user = pwd->pw_name;
if (!user) user = pwd->pw_name; if (!home) home = pwd->pw_dir;-- 2.25.0
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 08:11:31AM -0600, Andrew Eikum wrote:
On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 07:59:58PM +0100, Myah Caron wrote:
- If a user would rather not use their own username in the prefix.
- If a user wants multiple users in a wine prefix (e.g. as separate
profiles for programs).
Wine doesn't handle having multiple "users" nor changing the Windows-side username very well. I've forgotten the details, and unfortunately didn't document them very well[1], but I remember this being very problematic when we tried it for Proton. I don't think adding a WINEUSER variable makes sense until multiple user profiles are well supported.
[1] Frustrating lack of information here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/605#issuecomment-416249569
I dug through my old emails. Apparently the games that showed a problem with multiple users were Mount & Blade and Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword. However, I didn't document what the actual problem was...
Andrew
- If the prefix was created with proton, which replaces the username
with steamuser, this allows the data under the home directory to be usable under vanilla wine without needing symlinks or renaming the directory.
- Similarly, this allows prefixes created under a different username
(e.g. transferred from a different system) to be used.
Signed-off-by: Myah Caron qsniyg@mail.com
libs/wine/config.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libs/wine/config.c b/libs/wine/config.c index 2a3314cbfd..d05f021267 100644 --- a/libs/wine/config.c +++ b/libs/wine/config.c @@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ static void init_paths(void) struct stat st;
const char *home = getenv( "HOME" );
- const char *user = NULL;
const char *user = getenv( "WINEUSER" ); const char *prefix = getenv( "WINEPREFIX" ); char uid_str[32]; struct passwd *pwd = getpwuid( getuid() );
if (pwd) {
user = pwd->pw_name;
if (!user) user = pwd->pw_name; if (!home) home = pwd->pw_dir;-- 2.25.0
On 10/02/2020 16:25, Andrew Eikum wrote:
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 08:11:31AM -0600, Andrew Eikum wrote:
On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 07:59:58PM +0100, Myah Caron wrote:
- If a user would rather not use their own username in the prefix.
- If a user wants multiple users in a wine prefix (e.g. as separate
profiles for programs).
Wine doesn't handle having multiple "users" nor changing the Windows-side username very well. I've forgotten the details, and unfortunately didn't document them very well[1], but I remember this being very problematic when we tried it for Proton. I don't think adding a WINEUSER variable makes sense until multiple user profiles are well supported.
[1] Frustrating lack of information here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/605#issuecomment-416249569
I dug through my old emails. Apparently the games that showed a problem with multiple users were Mount & Blade and Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword. However, I didn't document what the actual problem was...
Andrew
- If the prefix was created with proton, which replaces the username
with steamuser, this allows the data under the home directory to be usable under vanilla wine without needing symlinks or renaming the directory.
- Similarly, this allows prefixes created under a different username
(e.g. transferred from a different system) to be used.
Signed-off-by: Myah Caron qsniyg@mail.com
libs/wine/config.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libs/wine/config.c b/libs/wine/config.c index 2a3314cbfd..d05f021267 100644 --- a/libs/wine/config.c +++ b/libs/wine/config.c @@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ static void init_paths(void) struct stat st;
const char *home = getenv( "HOME" );
- const char *user = NULL;
const char *user = getenv( "WINEUSER" ); const char *prefix = getenv( "WINEPREFIX" ); char uid_str[32]; struct passwd *pwd = getpwuid( getuid() );
if (pwd) {
user = pwd->pw_name;
if (!user) user = pwd->pw_name; if (!home) home = pwd->pw_dir; } if (!user)-- 2.25.0
Just a hunch, but could it have to do with the registry? I notice there's a bunch of paths and such in each of the *.reg files that refer to the user. Obviously those will have to be adjusted at runtime in this case, right?
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