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On 19 Feb, daid kahl wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I just installed zsh recently and was working on making the switch |
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> over from bash for my daily user, provided I can get a few things |
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> worked out. |
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> The biggest problem that I can't find useful results googling is zsh |
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> interaction with sudo. |
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> I'm noticing some strange behavior with the PATH and also the |
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> interpretation of '='. |
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> daid@flux log % sudo which useradd |
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> which: no useradd in |
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> (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.3:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/jre/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/jre/javaws:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/games/bin) |
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> daid@flux log % sudo echo $PATH |
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> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.3:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/jre/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/jre/javaws:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/games/bin:/home/daid/scripts:/sbin:/home/daid/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/warlock2:/usr/local/sbin:/home/daid/physics/transport_for_crib/transport1.6/bin |
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> daid@flux log % which useradd |
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> /usr/sbin/useradd |
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> So sudo has the PATH set correctly, but it doesn't actually use the |
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> correct path. Fishy! |
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SNIP |
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AFAIK, sudo invokes the shell specified in the environment. |
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What is echo $SHELL saying? |
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Here, is says /bin/zsh |
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and your examples works just fine. |
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Helmut. |
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Helmut Jarausch |
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Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik |
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RWTH - Aachen University |
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D 52056 Aachen, Germany |
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