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Richard Mancusi wrote:
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From: Richard Mancusi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vrman49@gmail.com"><vrman49@gmail.com></a>
Date: Feb 3, 2008 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: Hardy Alpha-4 synaptic error
To: Jason Crain <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jason@bluetree.ath.cx"><jason@bluetree.ath.cx></a>
On Feb 3, 2008 9:35 AM, Jason Crain <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jason@bluetree.ath.cx"><jason@bluetree.ath.cx></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Could you run this and tell us what it shows:
sudo -H bash -c 'echo $HOME'
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/home/root
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That's pretty strange. Try running <b><tt>sudo usermod -d /root root</tt></b>
to set root's home dir. If that doesn't work, you may have to look at
root's .bash* or .profile files to see if $HOME is being set anywhere.<br>
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