From: Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:47:47 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Look for $USER for the username before reading /etc/passwd
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Look for $USER for the username before reading /etc/passwd

Let's take $USER into account if set before reading /etc/passwd
for the username. This gives a way out for environments where the
uid of the user does not have an entry in /etc/passwd.
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diff --git a/mkosi/user.py b/mkosi/user.py
index 4a0ec8339..6dc72eaa4 100644
--- a/mkosi/user.py
+++ b/mkosi/user.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class INVOKING_USER:
     @classmethod
     @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1)
     def name(cls) -> str:
-        return pwd.getpwuid(cls.uid).pw_name
+        return os.getenv("USER", pwd.getpwuid(cls.uid).pw_name)
 
     @classmethod
     @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1)