On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Philip Semanchuk <phi...@semanchuk.com> wrote: > Hi Ryan, > Thanks. I don't know why sudo behaves the way it does with regard to $HOME, > but the behavior of sudo is not under my control (nor matplotlib's). Also, I > expect that *lots* of software depends on this behavior of sudo so changing > it is probably not an option. >
Sounds like you've found your solution (which is great), but to set the record straight, you *can* control the behavior of sudo. In /etc/sudoers, you can set env_reset to reset the environment, so none of your variables (like $HOME). You can also just specify certain variables to be reset. There is also an option always_set_home which seems to do the right thing. In fact, on my machine, sudo works just fine: ~> sudo python -c 'import os;print os.environ["HOME"]' /root So, so long as you can edit /etc/sudoers, you are *very much* in control of how sudo works in this regard. Ryan -- Ryan May Graduate Research Assistant School of Meteorology University of Oklahoma ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
