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Re: can't write zsh_history



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.



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