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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved]Can anyone tell me why -H flag with sudo doesn't switch to the target user's home directory? Post 302766581 by Michaelw321 on Tuesday 5th of February 2013 04:27:35 AM
Old 02-05-2013
[Solved]Can anyone tell me why -H flag with sudo doesn't switch to the target user's home directory?

I have checked the man page ,which says :

The -H (HOME) option sets the HOME environment variable to the homedir of
the target user (root by default) as specified in passwd(5). By default,
sudo does not modify HOME

But I have tried below command:
Code:
[root@shel0001 ~]# sudo -H -s -u wanglei
[wanglei@shel0001 /root]$ pwd
/root

as you can see ,it still stays in the /root and doesn't change to user wanglei's home directory which is /home/wanglei, what am I missing ,please help me
 

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sb2-config(1)							sb2-config man page						     sb2-config(1)

NAME
sb2-config - scratchbox2 configuration tool SYNOPSIS
sb2-config [OPTION]... [COMMAND [PARAMS]] DESCRIPTION
sb2-config is used to set and display configuration of existing targets. OPTIONS
-d default_target This option sets the default sb2 target. The name of the target will be written to your $HOME/.scratchbox2/config file. -l lists all available targets in your system. The names listed can be used as a parameter to the -d option. -h Display short help. -v Show version of this tool. -t target select target to be used with commands (below) COMMANDS
showtarget show default target. showlog show configuration log showenv show target-specific environment variables setenv VARIABLE VALUE set target-specific environment variable. The value becomes effective when sb2 is executed. clearenv VARIABLE set clearing for target-specific environment variable unsetenv VARIABLE remove target-specific environment variable EXAMPLES
$ sb2-config -d diablo41_armel This command sets your default target to be diablo41_armel. $ sb2-config -l This example lists all installed targets in your host. The names listed can be used as a parameter to the -d option. SEE ALSO
sb2(1), sb2-init(1), sb2-show(1) AUTHOR
Lauri Leukkunen 2.2 17 December 2010 sb2-config(1)
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