On Feb 3, 2008 10:32 AM, Richard Mancusi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 3, 2008 10:15 AM, Jason Crain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Could you run this and tell us what it shows: > > > > sudo -H bash -c 'echo $HOME' > > > > /home/root > > > > That's pretty strange. Try running sudo usermod -d /root root to set > > root's home dir. If that doesn't work, you may have to look at root's > > .bash* or .profile files to see if $HOME is being set anywhere. > > > > Okay - that did it, sudo -H bash -c 'echo $HOME' now shows /root > and I was able to do the updates and I added build-essential as a test > via Synaptic Package Manager. > > Thank you for fixing my problem - I hope it is localized to me and > not a Ubuntu problem. I know everything I did post install and may > research this some more. > > tnx > -rich >
Okay, I did another clean install and can repeat the problem. On a test system I always set a root password and allow root logon. Yes, I know that isn't a great idea, but it comes in handy on a test system. As soon as I set a root password in System/Administration/Users and Groups the root user Home directory moved from /root to /home/root. I guess it's a matter of opinion as to whether this is a bug. Ubuntu and common sense tells you to not set a root password. But if you are going to allow it, it should work correctly. I leave that to the developers. -rich -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
