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Re: can't write zsh_history

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From: Stanislaw Halik <sthalik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: can't write zsh_history
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:56:14 +0200
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2006, William Scott wrote:
> luser-%  sudo zsh
> root-#   (various nefarious evildoing)
> root-#   exit
> zsh: can't write history file /Users/luser/.zsh_history

> (I call it .zsh_history, BTW).

> Even "sudo zsh -l" doesn't help.  $HISTFILE never changes.
> I thought about having it update dynamically like $PWD,
> but it seems like a lot of overhead for an occasional
> irritation.  In addition, in my case at least the
> ownership of ~/.zsh_history remains with luser.

If zsh is your root shell, `sudo -i' will do.

References:
- can't write zsh_history
  - From: Michael Hernandez
- Re: can't write zsh_history
  - From: Peter Stephenson
- Re: can't write zsh_history
  - From: William Scott

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