[Solved]Can anyone tell me why -H flag with sudo doesn't switch to the target user's home directory?

Michaelw321 · #1 02-05-2013

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

vbe · #2 02-05-2013

It says "sets the HOME..." not goes to...
Look:

Code:

ran12:/home/vbe/admin/script $ sudo -H -u prod -s
ran12:/home/vbe/admin/script $ id
uid=1101(prod) gid=220(prod) groups=60(oper),300(dba),310(sas)
ran12:/home/vbe/admin/script $ cd
ran12:/prd/users/prod $

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