lxc patch 12

home/scripts/lxc/lxc-login.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# CONTAINER=$(cat "/home/${USER}/.lxc-container" 2>/dev/null)
 CONTAINER=$(cat "/home/$(whoami)/.lxc-container" 2>/dev/null)
 
 if [[ -z "$CONTAINER" ]]; then
@@ -10,8 +9,28 @@ fi
 # ensure running
 lxc-start -n "$CONTAINER" 2>/dev/null || true
 
+# --- build env flags to forward into the container ---
+ENV_ARGS=()
+ENV_ARGS+=(--keep-env)  # start from the SSH session env instead of wiping it
+
+# always override these inside the container
+ENV_ARGS+=(-v "HOME=/root")
+ENV_ARGS+=(-v "USER=root")
+ENV_ARGS+=(-v "SHELL=/bin/bash")
+ENV_ARGS+=(-v "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin")
+
+# forward TERM (fixes color/ncurses)
+[[ -n "$TERM" ]]      && ENV_ARGS+=(-v "TERM=$TERM")
+# forward locale
+[[ -n "$LANG" ]]      && ENV_ARGS+=(-v "LANG=$LANG")
+[[ -n "$LC_ALL" ]]    && ENV_ARGS+=(-v "LC_ALL=$LC_ALL")
+# forward COLORTERM (used by modern terminals & vscode)
+[[ -n "$COLORTERM" ]] && ENV_ARGS+=(-v "COLORTERM=$COLORTERM")
+
 if [[ -n "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND" ]]; then
-  exec sudo lxc-attach --clear-env -n "$CONTAINER" -- /bin/bash -c "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin; $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND"
+  exec sudo lxc-attach "${ENV_ARGS[@]}" -n "$CONTAINER" -- \
+    /bin/bash -lc "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND"
 else
-  exec sudo lxc-attach --clear-env -n "$CONTAINER" -- /bin/login -f root
+  exec sudo lxc-attach "${ENV_ARGS[@]}" -n "$CONTAINER" -- \
+    /bin/login -f root
 fi