Re: su to root leaves me with the users history in zsh

Re: su to root leaves me with the users history in zsh

[Tim Kruse]

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* On 10.04.2006 Angelina Carlton wrote:

> If I type, as a user, su and login with the root password, then with either
> up arrow or ctrl-r the command history is 3976 items (max set to 5000)
> but they are the *users* commands, not roots. There are some of roots
> commands interspersed but those only seem to be from the last root session.
>
> su - gives me the correct 4819 commands that root has issued since the
> machine was installed.

,-----[man su]
| DESCRIPTION
|        su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked without
|        a username, su defaults to becoming the super user. The optional argument
|        - may be used to provide an environment similar to what the user would
|        expect had the user logged in directly.
`-----

> I thought something was wrong with my system when I first noticed this
> but it also occurs on my Debian sarge server. I am not having much luck
> with google so I am wondering if this is normal behaviour for zsh and
> if so, how can I "fix" it?

 It's the normal behaviour of 'su'. You don't need to *fix* it.

 So long,
tkr

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Re: su to root leaves me with the users history in zsh

[Wayne Davison]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 08:47:46PM -0400, Angelina Carlton wrote:
> I am not having much luck with google so I am wondering if this is
> normal behaviour for zsh

This is the normal behavior for *sudo*.  See sudo's -H option if you'd
prefer to have it set the target user's HOME variable.  Alternately, add
code to your personal .zshrc file to check the UID and set a different
history file when you're root.

..wayne..

Re: su to root leaves me with the users history in zsh

[William Scott]

It happens to me on os x.  I thought it was a feature.


On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Angelina Carlton wrote:

>
> Debian unstable
> zsh 4.3.2-6
> login 1:4.0.15-4
>
> If I type, as a user, su and login with the root password, then with either
> up arrow or ctrl-r the command history is 3976 items (max set to 5000)
> but they are the *users* commands, not roots. There are some of roots
> commands interspersed but those only seem to be from the last root session.
>
> su - gives me the correct 4819 commands that root has issued since the
> machine was installed.
>
> I thought something was wrong with my system when I first noticed this
> but it also occurs on my Debian sarge server. I am not having much luck
> with google so I am wondering if this is normal behaviour for zsh and
> if so, how can I "fix" it?
>
> -- 
> -----Angelina Carlton-----
> orchid on irc.freenode.net
>     brat@magma.ca
> web:bzgirl.bakadigital.com
> --------------------------
>

su to root leaves me with the users history in zsh

[Angelina Carlton]

Debian unstable
zsh 4.3.2-6
login 1:4.0.15-4

If I type, as a user, su and login with the root password, then with either
up arrow or ctrl-r the command history is 3976 items (max set to 5000)
but they are the *users* commands, not roots. There are some of roots
commands interspersed but those only seem to be from the last root session.

su - gives me the correct 4819 commands that root has issued since the
machine was installed. 

I thought something was wrong with my system when I first noticed this
but it also occurs on my Debian sarge server. I am not having much luck
with google so I am wondering if this is normal behaviour for zsh and
if so, how can I "fix" it?

-- 
-----Angelina Carlton-----
orchid on irc.freenode.net
     brat@magma.ca
web:bzgirl.bakadigital.com
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