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Re: "su -m" (on Mac) preserves $HOME and $USER but not ~
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: "su -m" (on Mac) preserves $HOME and $USER but not ~ |
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Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:36:58 -0400 |
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On 10/29/15 1:02 PM, dabe@dabe.com wrote:
> Machine Type: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
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> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 42
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
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> I'm hoping this issue has been solved before, but I couldn't
> find any answers on the 'Net...
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> 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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