env.cpp: allow all users to change $USER and $HOME

Closes 1425 (https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1425)

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/env.cpp b/env.cpp
index 43a34288..c5a790ea 100644
--- a/env.cpp
+++ b/env.cpp
@@ -485,16 +485,6 @@ void env_init(const struct config_paths_t *paths /* or NULL */)
     }
 
     /*
-      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
        */
     env_electric.insert(L"history");