[TIKA-3715] Pass forking env variables into forked process in tika-server

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tim Allison
• Created: 05/Apr/22 18:11
• Updated: 03/May/22 15:38
• Resolved: 06/Apr/22 14:57

Description

On the user list, we had a request to copy the forking process's environment variables into the forked process's env. This will allow passing of commandline env setting from the forking to the forked.

I am concerned about security implications of passing environment variables, but I can't think of an actual problem.

Please raise concerns if this is a bad idea (TM).