It's a long story, but I have pretty crippled system right now, including a messed up root user. When I su in a Bash terminal, instead of getting my usual prompt I get something quite different, and if I try to run a command, it aborts with an error like this: cj@viewridgeproductions2 misc]$ su Password: sh-3.00# kcontrol Aborting. $HOME is not set. sh-3.00# So root is lost - can someone help me tell it how to 'phone home'? I was wondering why I was getting the strange 'sh-3.00#' prompt in the third line where I used to get 'root@viewridgeproductions2 ]$' I think lines 4 and 5 are my clue, but I don't how to fix this, or for that matter, how it got into this state. -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
