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`sudo logname` returning `root` instead of my user

See original GitHub issue

I am on the latest Hyper.app version
I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

OS version and name: macOS Catalina
Hyper.app version: 3.0.2
Link of a Gist with the contents of your .hyper.js: default one, not relevant
Relevant information from devtools N/A
The issue is reproducible in vanilla Hyper.app: Is Vanilla

Issue

If I run sudo logname on Hyper, I get root, but if I run it on any other terminal app (included the macOS default one), I get my username (which is what I’d expect).

Above, Hyper, below, Terminal:

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:6

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Stanzillacommented, Oct 10, 2019

I don’t have a mac, so that’s a nope from me, sorry.

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bramuscommented, Nov 29, 2020

I’ve filed an issue over at Electron, and the reply there was as follows:

This is not an electron issues, this is fundamentally how Cocoa apps works, you can check by making a simple swift app that just exec’s logname and comparing. Whether it’s a bug in Cocoa / macOS is up to your interpretation, but it’s definitely not an Electron specific issue 😄

Oh, Apple … 😭