From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26916 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2000 18:24:18 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 3 Jan 2000 18:24:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 14991 invoked by alias); 3 Jan 2000 18:24:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 2824 Received: (qmail 14984 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2000 18:24:04 -0000 X-Authentication-Warning: kempelen.iit.bme.hu: airwin set sender to airwin@inf.bme.hu using -f Sender: airwin@inf.bme.hu To: John Galbraith Cc: Steve Reid , zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk Subject: Re: PS1 corrupted through "su" References: <14448.55754.322294.62194@bartok.lanl.gov> <20000103101054.A420@grok.localnet> <14448.58999.743035.372268@bartok.lanl.gov> From: Nemeth Ervin Date: 03 Jan 2000 19:23:38 +0100 In-Reply-To: John Galbraith's message of "Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:14:07 -0700 (MST)" Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>>>> John Galbraith writes: >>>>> "Steve" == Steve Reid writes: Steve> Root's shell being set to something other than zsh would cause Steve> the behavior you're seeing. Steve> You've probably checked that already, but sometimes the obvious Steve> things are the easiest to forget. > Yeah, I have a special user "toor" that is root, but uses > /usr/local/bin/zsh as the shell. I only actually use "root" itself if > /usr/local is either missing or not installed yet. I once made the mistake > of setting the actual root shell to /usr/local/bin/zsh... I have a "suz" function wich sets te SHELL parameter to zsh and does an exec zsh after suing. -- ____ ____________________________________________________ /____| NEMETH, ERVIN |____________________________________________________| // < airwin @ inf.bme.hu > http://www.inf.bme.hu/~airwin || || "Nonsense. All you have to do is say 'Engage'" || -- Patrick Stewart about warp theory