On Thursday 27 Mar 2014 16:45:35 message wrote:
On 2014-03-25 15:59, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:49:06 +0100 From: Jakub Klinkovsk? <j.l.k@gmx.com> Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
Interestingly, 'su a' results in the cursor 'pwd' to be the root home directory and not '/home/a'.
This is the expected behaviour. Just run the command 'cd', without arguments it will get you into the home directory, which should be '/home/a'. Or run 'su -l a'.
I would have expected the home directory for 'root' _not_ to be accessible to other users.
By "root home directory", do you mean "/" or "/root"? You are correct that "/root" should only be accessible by root. If the "pwd" command returns "/root" and "whoami" command does not return "root", then there's something wrong with your directory permissions. Paul