From 1cfd055f8266bce07d95d83522cf7b0c892a2e85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 19:16:29 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] env.cpp: allow all users to change $USER and $HOME

Closes 1425 (https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1425)
---
 env.cpp | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/env.cpp b/env.cpp
index 43a342887..c5a790eaf 100644
--- a/env.cpp
+++ b/env.cpp
@@ -484,16 +484,6 @@ void env_init(const struct config_paths_t *paths /* or NULL */)
         env_read_only.insert(ro_keys[i]);
     }
 
-    /*
-      HOME and USER should be writeable by root, since this can be a
-      convenient way to install software.
-    */
-    if (getuid() != 0)
-    {
-        env_read_only.insert(L"HOME");
-        env_read_only.insert(L"USER");
-    }
-
     /*
        Names of all dynamically calculated variables
        */