Please try this # su - nobody No directory, logging in with HOME=/ nobody@jidanni2:/$ env SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=xterm USER=nobody MAIL=/var/mail/nobody PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games PWD=/ SHLVL=1 HOME=/ LOGNAME=nobody DISPLAY=:0 _=/usr/bin/env nobody@jidanni2:/$ mkdir /tmp/k nobody@jidanni2:/$ HOME=/tmp/k nobody@jidanni2:/$ midori
Also note if one does $ midori some_url then a URL bar appears. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers experimental APT policy: (990, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages midori depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 2.16.0-2 ii libc6 2.21-0experimental1 ii libcairo2 1.14.2-2 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3 ii libfreetype6 2.6-1 ii libgck-1-0 3.16.0-1 ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.16.0-1 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.7-2 ii libglib2.0-0 2.45.8-1 ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.28-1 ii libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 2.4.9-2 ii libp11-kit0 0.23.1-3 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.37.5-1 ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.37.5-1 ii libpangoft2-1.0-0 1.37.5-1 ii libsoup-gnome2.4-1 2.50.0-2 ii libsoup2.4-1 2.50.0-2 ii libsqlite3-0 3.8.11.1-1 ii libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 2.4.9-2 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1 ii libxml2 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.2 ii libxss1 1:1.2.2-1 ii libzeitgeist-2.0-0 0.9.14-2.2+b1 Versions of packages midori recommends: ii gnome-icon-theme 3.12.0-1 midori suggests no packages. -- no debconf information