[Bug 58002] Re: Some programs create root-owned files in user $HOME when run under sudo

[Phillip Susi]

There is a tradeoff in choosing which home directory to use.  By using
your own, your config files are used and applications behave the way you
have configured them and come to expect them to.  By using root's, they
use root's config, which usually means defaults, and is not what you
expect.  The problem can't be solved by sudo.  The solution is the empty
.vimrc in /etc/skel.


** Package changed: ubuntu => vim (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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Title:
  Some programs create root-owned files in user $HOME when run under
  sudo

Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The first time I noticed this I thought I'd done something wrong.  But
  5 installations later, my .viminfo is always owned by root, causing
  certain things to malfunction or not function at all.  For example I
  can't copy and paste text (vim-style) from one file to another, and
  despite my .vimrc magic my cursor is always on line 1, column 1 when I
  open a file.

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