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[Bug 1471459] Re: First run of nano creates a directory in $HOME, if run as sudo will be root owned

 

Requested information. Fresh server installation from Wily daily a
couple of days ago:

doug@serv64-dev:~$ sudo sudo -V | head -1
Sudo version 1.8.12
doug@serv64-dev:~$ sudo sudo -V | grep -e ve: -e HOME
Environment variables to remove:
        PYTHONHOME
Environment variables to preserve:
        HOME
doug@serv64-dev:~$ sudo grep -v ^# /etc/sudoers
Defaults        env_reset
Defaults        mail_badpass
Defaults        secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

root    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

doug@serv64-dev:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)
Release:        15.10
Codename:       wily

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Title:
  First run of nano  creates a  directory in $HOME, if run as sudo will
  be root owned

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in nano package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  If nano is started for the first with sudo then a root owned directory named .nano is created in the user's $HOME directory.
  If 1st. started as a user then the user owns .nano & ownership will not be altered by subsequent use of sudo nano.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: nano 2.4.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-22.22-generic 3.19.8-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.3-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jul  4 20:06:16 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-25 (128 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150224)
  SourcePackage: nano
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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