[SHR-U] root homedir ?

[Andrew Stephen]

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:52 AM, pike <pike-openmoko at kw.nl> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Since I updated this week, in some occassions,
> root has homedir "/" instead of "/home/root".
>
> This happens for example when starting vala-terminal.
> Its set ok in /etc/passwd. "su root" will fix it.
>
> Nevertheless, it messed up /, I now have /Desktop,
> /.e, /.ash_history, etc.
>
> Is it just me ?

It's not just you.  I have exactly the same thing.  I didn't realise
it until you pointed it out.


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