Re: [gentoo-user] environmental variables ?

[Dave S]

On Monday 03 July 2006 00:46, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 13:50 +0100, Dave S wrote:
> > On Sunday 02 July 2006 12:40, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> > > On Sunday 02 July 2006 09:09, Dave S wrote:
> > > > < HOME = /root
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > > HOME = /home/vanda
> > >
> > > This is only a theory but could it be that one reads config files in
> > > /root and the other in /home/vanda?
> >
> > The only related config I can find is for /etc/gksu.conf and thats not
> > user dependent. I cant find any config relevent in /root or /home/vanda
>
> you'll probably find its a gnome (or kde) theme that is causing the
> issue, and the gnome (or kde) themes are stored in $HOME.  Since you
> usually don't log in graphically as root (which is usually good) you
> don't have theme folders set up in root's home...  am I making sense?!
>
You sure are :)


> try running `visudo` and commenting out the line:
> Defaults    env_reset
>
> I don't know if gksudo uses this file, but if it does, your problem
> should go away...  If it does go away, then uncomment the line and do
> something better like:
>
> Defaults:yourname     env_keep-=TERMCAP
Unfortunately my /etc/gksudo is pretty sparse - it consists of ...

root@dave-comp:/etc# cat sudoers
# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# Defaults

Defaults        !lecture,tty_tickets,!fqdn

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin  ALL=(ALL) ALL
root@dave-comp:/etc#


>
> HTH,
> --
> Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
>
> It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.

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