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This might be the intended behavior. The manual page shows an --env option for start-stop-daemon:

   -e|--env env-name
          Set an environment variable whose name  and  value  is  env-name
          before   starting  executable.   Example:  -e  HOME="/home/user"
          exports an environment variable whose name is  HOME  with  value
          "/home/user".   Note,  only  one  --env  option is suppoted, use
          /usr/bin/env if you need more.

The author used $HOME in the example, which I take to mean that it wouldn't normally set it. I don't see any other options for updating the environment of the process you're starting.

Try running start-stop-daemon like this:

USER=guest HOME=~guest start-stop-daemon --start --exec /path/to/prog ...

Another alternative would be to run the script under sudo:

start-stop-daemon --start --exec /usr/bin/sudo -- -H -u guest /path/to/prog

sudo will automatically set $USER, and the -H option tells it to set $HOME as well. I ran both of these with my own test.sh that prints the value of thse variables, and both updated them as desired. I'm partial to the first because it doens't add another program to the mix, but that's just me.

OK, I think I found the problem: Never use double quotes (") for a VAR.

So, below is the right script:

#!/bin/sh
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin" 
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/share/java/scala-library.jar
ENV_SUPATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin"
ENV_PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/go/bin"
export PATH CLASSPATH ENV_SUPATH ENV_PATH

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          abc
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: abc init script
# Description:       This init script starts and stops abc
### END INIT INFO

# Author: Fnux, fnux.fl at gmail dot com
# Version: 1.2
# Note: edit ABC_PATH if abc isn't installed in /opt/abc

NAME=abc
ABC_PATH=/opt/abc
START="-d"
STOP="-k"
VERSION="-v"
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
STARTMESG="\nStarting abc in deamon mode."
UPMESG="\n$NAME is running."
DOWNMESG="\n$NAME is not running."
STATUS=`pidof $NAME`
# Exit if abc is not installed
[ -x "$ABC_PATH/$NAME" ] || exit 0
case "$1" in
  start)
    echo $STARTMESG
    cd $ABC_PATH
    ./$NAME $START
    ;;
  stop)
    cd $ABC_PATH
    ./$NAME $STOP
    ;;
  status)
    if [ "$STATUS" > 0 ] ; then
      echo $UPMESG
    else
      echo $DOWNMESG
    fi
    ;;
  restart)
    cd $ABC_PATH
    ./$NAME $STOP
    echo $STARTMESG
    ./$NAME $START
    ;;
  version)
    cd $ABC_PATH
    ./$NAME $VERSION
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|status|restart|stop|version}" >&2
    exit 3
    ;;
esac
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Thanks for your help.

Hope this may help others.

Cheers. ;)