On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:51:28AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun,03.May.09, 10:18:49, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > However, does the package management software (as aptitude does) store > > user preferences in the home directory? If, for example, you always run > > aptitude as yourself then give it the root password when prompted, it > > stores your preferences in your home directory. If you later run > > aptitude as root, those prefernces won't be active. Also, vis-versa. > > It's a bit more weird than this (I thought about filing a whishlist > bug): when you start aptitude as user it uses his preferences, but as > soon as you switch to root (via the menu items or when prompted) > aptitude also switches to root's preferences. Kinda' confusing.
It is not just aptitude, but generic problem for becoming root and chosing home directory: $ env|grep HOME HOME=/home/osamu $ sudo env|grep HOME HOME=/home/osamu $ su -c env|grep HOME Password: HOME=/root $ sudo -H env|grep HOME HOME=/root sudo reset most environment variable but $HOME. Any softwares which use $HOME to decide configuration needs to be careful about this thing. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
