Re: [gentoo-user] zsh and sudo

[Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>]

On 19 Feb, daid kahl wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed zsh recently and was working on making the switch
> over from bash for my daily user, provided I can get a few things
> worked out.
> 
> The biggest problem that I can't find useful results googling is zsh
> interaction with sudo.
> 
> I'm noticing some strange behavior with the PATH and also the
> interpretation of '='.
> 
> daid@flux log % sudo which useradd
> which: no useradd in
> (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.3:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/jre/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/jre/javaws:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/games/bin)
> daid@flux log % sudo echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.3:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/jre/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.17/jre/javaws:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/games/bin:/home/daid/scripts:/sbin:/home/daid/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/warlock2:/usr/local/sbin:/home/daid/physics/transport_for_crib/transport1.6/bin
> daid@flux log % which useradd
> /usr/sbin/useradd
> 
> So sudo has the PATH set correctly, but it doesn't actually use the
> correct path.  Fishy!
SNIP

AFAIK, sudo invokes the shell specified in the environment.

What is   echo $SHELL  saying?

Here, is says /bin/zsh
and your examples works just fine.

Helmut.

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Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany