On Sunday 26 Feb 2012 17:44:51 Jan Steffens wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Thomas Dziedzic <gostrc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Paul Gideon Dann <pdgiddie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Saturday 25 Feb 2012 14:04:03 Thomas Dziedzic wrote: > >>> If you run sudo gem install foo, it will install to /root/.gem/ruby > >> > >> Are you sure? Won't it install to your normal user's home, but with root > >> privileges? > >> > >> Paul > > > > I'm sure > > Depends on what "sudo" does. gem will do the wrong thing if sudo > leaves HOME set to your user's home (either via env_keep or sudo -E). Yep; you're absolutely right: # sudo bash -c "echo \$HOME" This returns "/root". Paul
