On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 01:02:10PM -0400, d...@dabe.com wrote: > Check out this copy-paste: > > Thu Oct 29 12:32:22 dabe@triton:~> su -m root -c "bash" > Password: > Thu Oct 29 12:32:26 root@triton:~# echo $HOME ... ~ > /Users/dabe ... /Users/dabe > Thu Oct 29 12:32:27 root@triton:~# echo $HOME ... ~ > /Users/dabe ... /Users/dabe > Thu Oct 29 12:32:28 root@triton:~# echo $HOME ... ~ > /Users/dabe ... /Users/dabe > Thu Oct 29 12:32:28 root@triton:~# echo $HOME ... ~ > /Users/dabe ... /var/root > Thu Oct 29 12:32:28 root@triton:~# echo $HOME ... ~ > /Users/dabe ... /var/root > > Notice how my $HOME stays the same (good) but my ~ changes > to /var/root -- and it changes AFTER I've been logged in for > a little while! <scratching head>
Do you have a PROMPT_COMMAND variable? Or something unusual in your PS1 variable? (Doesn't look it from the copy/paste, but you never know.) Or do you have a DEBUG trap?
