--- b/usr.bin/env/env.1	
+++ b/usr.bin/env/env.1	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ 
 .\" From FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1,v 1.17 2002/11/26 17:33:35 ru Exp
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd November 11, 2020
+.Dd March 3, 2021
 .Dt ENV 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ is used, then the specified user's
 .Pa ~/.login_conf
 is read as well.
 The user may be specified by name or by uid.
+If a username of
+.Sq Li \&-
+is given, then no user lookup will be done, the login class will default to
+.Sq Li default
+if not explicitly given, and no substitutions will be done on the values.
 .\"	-P
 .It Fl P Ar altpath
 Search the set of directories as specified by
--- b/usr.bin/env/env.c	
+++ b/usr.bin/env/env.c	
@@ -144,16 +144,23 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		login_class = strchr(login_name, '/');
 		if (login_class)
 			*login_class++ = '\0';
-		pw = getpwnam(login_name);
-		if (pw == NULL) {
-			char *endp = NULL;
-			errno = 0;
-			uid = strtoul(login_name, &endp, 10);
-			if (errno == 0 && *endp == '\0')
-				pw = getpwuid(uid);
+		if (*login_name != '\0' && strcmp(login_name,"-") != 0) {
+			pw = getpwnam(login_name);
+			if (pw == NULL) {
+				char *endp = NULL;
+				errno = 0;
+				uid = strtoul(login_name, &endp, 10);
+				if (errno == 0 && *endp == '\0')
+					pw = getpwuid(uid);
+			}
+			if (pw == NULL)
+				errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "no such user: %s", login_name);
 		}
-		if (pw == NULL)
-			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "no such user: %s", login_name);
+		/*
+		 * Note that it is safe for pw to be null here; the libutil
+		 * code handles that, bypassing substitution of $ and using
+		 * the class "default" if no class name is given either.
+		 */
 		if (login_class != NULL) {
 			lc = login_getclass(login_class);
 			if (lc == NULL)
--- b/usr.sbin/service/service.sh	
+++ b/usr.sbin/service/service.sh	
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ cd /
 for dir in /etc/rc.d $local_startup; do
 	if [ -x "$dir/$script" ]; then
 		[ -n "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "$script is located in $dir"
-		exec env -i -L 0/daemon HOME=/ PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin "$dir/$script" "$@"
+		exec env -i -L -/daemon HOME=/ PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin "$dir/$script" "$@"
 	fi
 done