I have not been able to reproduce in osx.  I'll try on linux later.

-Dave

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Martin Bähr <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:21:21AM +0100, SanskritFritz wrote:
> > Using sudo doesnt bring me to a root shell, so I dont think this is
> relevant
> > now? Or do you mean 'sudo su'? Sorry, I don't use sudo.
>
> yes,  i meant using sudo in a way that gives you a shell.
>
>
> > > also, does it make a difference if you use su; vs su -;
> > Using 'su -' gives me a completely different history, i think it is from
> > directly logging into root from a console long time ago.
>
> ah, not i think i see what your problem is: you are talking about the
> history while in the su shell, not after coming back from su.
>
> i didn't expect that, because i never use su like that :-)
>
> anyways, i think you are setting yourself up for trouble if you want to
> share the history between your user and root.
>
> the problem is that for each user you get a seperate fishd process, and
> the way you use it you somehow mangle the same history with two fishd
> processes. i'd worry about unintended sideeffects, especially with root
> being involved.
>
> that said, the specific problem you are having still sounds like a wierd
> bug of some kind because it doesn't happen everywhere. (i can't see it
> on my machine)
>
> greetings, martin.
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