~ in script refers to /root instead of /home/username
Bug #759019 reported by
Lieven
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #760140: HOME environmental variable no long preserved with sudo by default.
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: aptdaemon
Ubuntu 11.04 beta
When executing the following script,
#!/bin/bash
echo ~
it returns /root, whereas in previous ubuntu versions, it returned /home/username (see attached screenshot)
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| Lieven (lieven-debels) wrote | #1 |
| affects: | aptdaemon (Ubuntu) → ubuntu |
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| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #2 |
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I've reported bug 760140 with a detailed analysis of the issue and I'm going to mark this as a duplicate of that.