On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 20:24:27 -0700, Kelly Clowers ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 20:14, Celejar <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > So you seem to be correct; for some reason, in the sudo shell, the LC* > > variables are getting extra quotes. Any idea why? [There's nothing > > that looks interesting in root's '.bashrc'; it's basically empty.] > > Something to do with the preservation or lack thereof of environmental > variables in sudo? Try putting the env vars in root's .bashrc, maybe? > > I don't really know, I use straight "sudo $command" not "sudo -i" Just a thought: you have anything in /etc/environment ? On one box here I have: $ cat /etc/environment LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_TYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (which, as far as it goes, matches the output of the 'locale' command). I *think* I added that by hand to fix a similar problem to the one being discussed but cannot remember now. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Please reply to the list only. Do NOT send copies directly to me. Debian on the NSLU2: http://bobcox.com/slug/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
