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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:23:36 +0000
From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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Subject: Re: home directory overridden by root?
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:22:23 -0800
Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> wrote:

> For some reason my home directory reverts to/is confused with /root. I
> login, get dropped at home, but cd will take me to /root and any command
> I run assumes I am in root’s (non-writable) home. How can I fix that? I
> can’t quite make out what’s wrong. 

	Try echo $HOME and if it says /root go hunting for where it is
being set.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>