On 10/29/15 1:02 PM, d...@dabe.com wrote:

> Machine Type: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
> 
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 42
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 
>       I'm hoping this issue has been solved before, but I couldn't
>       find any answers on the 'Net...
> 
>       When I "su -m", my $HOME environment variable is preserved okay
>       (i.e., it remains my original home directory) but often[*] '~'
>       is set to the target (root) user's home directory.

I can't reproduce this on Mac OS X 10.11.  It's weird to see how it could
happen, since ~ expands to $HOME and goes to the password file only if
that is unset.

Chet
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    c...@case.edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/

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