Just checked on my Ubuntu 14.04:
[ witoldsz@svp:~ ]$ sudo su -
root@svp:~# /opt/node/bin/node --version
v4.1.1
root@svp:~# /opt/node/bin/node
> require('os').homedir()
'/root'
Seems to be working just fine.
On 7/1/16, Marco Stolle <marco.sto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i'm testing a library where i have to run the script with sudo, thats when
> i get an error on the line
>
> var homedir =require('os').homedir()
>
> (i also get this error in a file with only this line, it's unrelated to the
>
> library)
>
> this results in
>
> testhomedir.js:1
>
> quire, module, __filename, __dirname) { var homedir =
> require('os').homedir();
>
> ^
>
> TypeError: undefined is not a function
>
> at Object.<anonymous> (/home/marco/test/testhomedir.js:1:91)
>
> at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
>
> at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
>
> at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
>
> at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
>
> at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:501:10)
>
> at startup (node.js:129:16)
>
> at node.js:814:3
>
>
>
> on mac i don't have this problem on linux i do
>
>
> any ideas?
>
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