oh my zsh for the root and for all user
I have installed zsh and I am using Oh My ZSH plugins. Everything works fine, but when I become a root user, it changes to the default zsh theme.
What should I do to make the Oh My ZSH configuration as the default zsh for all users including root?
I have tried using the chsh -s /bin/zsh root
That gave me zsh but not oh_my_zsh
I also tried cp -R /home/user/.zshrc /root/.zshrcing to get oh_my_zsh for root, but nothing worked.
(I don't need zsh but I need oh_my_zsh for all the user in the system)
zsh
edited Jul 30 '17 at 19:57
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asked Sep 8 '14 at 10:41
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I have installed zsh and I am using Oh My ZSH plugins. Everything works fine, but when I become a root user, it changes to the default zsh theme.
What should I do to make the Oh My ZSH configuration as the default zsh for all users including root?
I have tried using the chsh -s /bin/zsh root
That gave me zsh but not oh_my_zsh
I also tried cp -R /home/user/.zshrc /root/.zshrcing to get oh_my_zsh for root, but nothing worked.
(I don't need zsh but I need oh_my_zsh for all the user in the system)
zsh
edited Jul 30 '17 at 19:57
sh2p
6510
asked Sep 8 '14 at 10:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
How are you becoming root?
– frlan
Sep 8 '14 at 12:01
1
How did you install oh my zsh in the first place? Any why not just do the same for root?
– Adaephon
Sep 8 '14 at 12:26
1
I thinkcFINNY's answer on stackoverflow.com/a/42193058/1408600 is what you need. I've done that for months on servers i managed. It works for root and all users
– ayik
Jan 2 at 2:57
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I have installed zsh and I am using Oh My ZSH plugins. Everything works fine, but when I become a root user, it changes to the default zsh theme.
What should I do to make the Oh My ZSH configuration as the default zsh for all users including root?
I have tried using the chsh -s /bin/zsh root
That gave me zsh but not oh_my_zsh
I also tried cp -R /home/user/.zshrc /root/.zshrcing to get oh_my_zsh for root, but nothing worked.
(I don't need zsh but I need oh_my_zsh for all the user in the system)
zsh
edited Jul 30 '17 at 19:57
sh2p
6510
asked Sep 8 '14 at 10:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
I have installed zsh and I am using Oh My ZSH plugins. Everything works fine, but when I become a root user, it changes to the default zsh theme.
What should I do to make the Oh My ZSH configuration as the default zsh for all users including root?
I have tried using the chsh -s /bin/zsh root
That gave me zsh but not oh_my_zsh
I also tried cp -R /home/user/.zshrc /root/.zshrcing to get oh_my_zsh for root, but nothing worked.
(I don't need zsh but I need oh_my_zsh for all the user in the system)
zsh
zsh
edited Jul 30 '17 at 19:57
sh2p
6510
asked Sep 8 '14 at 10:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
edited Jul 30 '17 at 19:57
sh2p
6510
asked Sep 8 '14 at 10:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
edited Jul 30 '17 at 19:57
sh2p
6510
edited Jul 30 '17 at 19:57
sh2p
6510
edited Jul 30 '17 at 19:57
sh2p
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asked Sep 8 '14 at 10:41
DhanviDhanvi
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asked Sep 8 '14 at 10:41
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How are you becoming root?
– frlan
Sep 8 '14 at 12:01
1
How did you install oh my zsh in the first place? Any why not just do the same for root?
– Adaephon
Sep 8 '14 at 12:26
1
I thinkcFINNY's answer on stackoverflow.com/a/42193058/1408600 is what you need. I've done that for months on servers i managed. It works for root and all users
– ayik
Jan 2 at 2:57
add a comment |
How are you becoming root?
– frlan
Sep 8 '14 at 12:01
1
How did you install oh my zsh in the first place? Any why not just do the same for root?
– Adaephon
Sep 8 '14 at 12:26
1
I thinkcFINNY's answer on stackoverflow.com/a/42193058/1408600 is what you need. I've done that for months on servers i managed. It works for root and all users
– ayik
Jan 2 at 2:57
How are you becoming root?
– frlan
Sep 8 '14 at 12:01
How are you becoming root?
– frlan
Sep 8 '14 at 12:01
1
1
How did you install oh my zsh in the first place? Any why not just do the same for root?
– Adaephon
Sep 8 '14 at 12:26
How did you install oh my zsh in the first place? Any why not just do the same for root?
– Adaephon
Sep 8 '14 at 12:26
1
1
I think
cFINNY's answer on stackoverflow.com/a/42193058/1408600 is what you need. I've done that for months on servers i managed. It works for root and all users– ayik
Jan 2 at 2:57
I think
cFINNY's answer on stackoverflow.com/a/42193058/1408600 is what you need. I've done that for months on servers i managed. It works for root and all users– ayik
Jan 2 at 2:57
add a comment |
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I made symbolic links to my zsh files in my home dir, that seems to work fine:
ln -s $HOME/.oh-my-zsh /root/.oh-my-zsh
ln -s $HOME/.zshrc /root/.zshrc
edited Mar 16 '17 at 6:39
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answered Dec 9 '15 at 9:13
MortenMorten
3741312
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This should be the accepted answer, eliminates the hustle of installingzshtwice.
– daumie
Aug 17 '16 at 10:11
1
If you do that, it actually doesn't make sense to link .oh-my-zsh, because the .zshrc still references the .oh-my-zsh of your original user.
– Jam Risser
Mar 3 '17 at 8:14
1
Didn't work for me when trying to link from non-root to root, ended up installing it for the non-root as well
– Akash Agarwal
Apr 7 '17 at 13:55
2
I tried it and could not use oh-my-zsh plugins using this method. They were considered insecure bycompinit.
– Melebius
Jul 18 '17 at 8:48
4
I recommend against this method, at least if one does not first consider the security risks. Any program the user runs can edit those configuration files without prompting the user--because they belong to the user, not root--and thus can cause root to perform any action whatsoever next time root uses zsh! Would you be willing to add (or okay with someone else adding) a warning about that to this answer?
– Eliah Kagan
Jul 30 '17 at 20:29
|
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Just run the install command as root user (after doing sudo su)
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
edited Mar 16 '17 at 7:19
muru
1
answered Sep 8 '14 at 12:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
add a comment |
I installed oh-my-zsh with root account. Now I login with another account, and install oh-my-zsh again in the home directory of the account. It works for the non-root account.
answered Apr 16 '15 at 2:37
HenryHenry
1263
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I made symbolic links to my zsh files in my home dir, that seems to work fine:
ln -s $HOME/.oh-my-zsh /root/.oh-my-zsh
ln -s $HOME/.zshrc /root/.zshrc
edited Mar 16 '17 at 6:39
Community♦
1
answered Dec 9 '15 at 9:13
MortenMorten
3741312
2
This should be the accepted answer, eliminates the hustle of installingzshtwice.
– daumie
Aug 17 '16 at 10:11
1
If you do that, it actually doesn't make sense to link .oh-my-zsh, because the .zshrc still references the .oh-my-zsh of your original user.
– Jam Risser
Mar 3 '17 at 8:14
1
Didn't work for me when trying to link from non-root to root, ended up installing it for the non-root as well
– Akash Agarwal
Apr 7 '17 at 13:55
2
I tried it and could not use oh-my-zsh plugins using this method. They were considered insecure bycompinit.
– Melebius
Jul 18 '17 at 8:48
4
I recommend against this method, at least if one does not first consider the security risks. Any program the user runs can edit those configuration files without prompting the user--because they belong to the user, not root--and thus can cause root to perform any action whatsoever next time root uses zsh! Would you be willing to add (or okay with someone else adding) a warning about that to this answer?
– Eliah Kagan
Jul 30 '17 at 20:29
|
show 1 more comment
I made symbolic links to my zsh files in my home dir, that seems to work fine:
ln -s $HOME/.oh-my-zsh /root/.oh-my-zsh
ln -s $HOME/.zshrc /root/.zshrc
edited Mar 16 '17 at 6:39
Community♦
1
answered Dec 9 '15 at 9:13
MortenMorten
3741312
2
This should be the accepted answer, eliminates the hustle of installingzshtwice.
– daumie
Aug 17 '16 at 10:11
1
If you do that, it actually doesn't make sense to link .oh-my-zsh, because the .zshrc still references the .oh-my-zsh of your original user.
– Jam Risser
Mar 3 '17 at 8:14
1
Didn't work for me when trying to link from non-root to root, ended up installing it for the non-root as well
– Akash Agarwal
Apr 7 '17 at 13:55
2
I tried it and could not use oh-my-zsh plugins using this method. They were considered insecure bycompinit.
– Melebius
Jul 18 '17 at 8:48
4
I recommend against this method, at least if one does not first consider the security risks. Any program the user runs can edit those configuration files without prompting the user--because they belong to the user, not root--and thus can cause root to perform any action whatsoever next time root uses zsh! Would you be willing to add (or okay with someone else adding) a warning about that to this answer?
– Eliah Kagan
Jul 30 '17 at 20:29
|
show 1 more comment
I made symbolic links to my zsh files in my home dir, that seems to work fine:
ln -s $HOME/.oh-my-zsh /root/.oh-my-zsh
ln -s $HOME/.zshrc /root/.zshrc
edited Mar 16 '17 at 6:39
Community♦
1
answered Dec 9 '15 at 9:13
MortenMorten
3741312
I made symbolic links to my zsh files in my home dir, that seems to work fine:
ln -s $HOME/.oh-my-zsh /root/.oh-my-zsh
ln -s $HOME/.zshrc /root/.zshrc
edited Mar 16 '17 at 6:39
Community♦
1
answered Dec 9 '15 at 9:13
MortenMorten
3741312
edited Mar 16 '17 at 6:39
Community♦
1
edited Mar 16 '17 at 6:39
Community♦
1
edited Mar 16 '17 at 6:39
Community♦
1
1
answered Dec 9 '15 at 9:13
MortenMorten
3741312
answered Dec 9 '15 at 9:13
MortenMorten
3741312
answered Dec 9 '15 at 9:13
MortenMorten
3741312
3741312
2
This should be the accepted answer, eliminates the hustle of installingzshtwice.
– daumie
Aug 17 '16 at 10:11
1
If you do that, it actually doesn't make sense to link .oh-my-zsh, because the .zshrc still references the .oh-my-zsh of your original user.
– Jam Risser
Mar 3 '17 at 8:14
1
Didn't work for me when trying to link from non-root to root, ended up installing it for the non-root as well
– Akash Agarwal
Apr 7 '17 at 13:55
2
I tried it and could not use oh-my-zsh plugins using this method. They were considered insecure bycompinit.
– Melebius
Jul 18 '17 at 8:48
4
I recommend against this method, at least if one does not first consider the security risks. Any program the user runs can edit those configuration files without prompting the user--because they belong to the user, not root--and thus can cause root to perform any action whatsoever next time root uses zsh! Would you be willing to add (or okay with someone else adding) a warning about that to this answer?
– Eliah Kagan
Jul 30 '17 at 20:29
|
show 1 more comment
2
This should be the accepted answer, eliminates the hustle of installingzshtwice.
– daumie
Aug 17 '16 at 10:11
1
If you do that, it actually doesn't make sense to link .oh-my-zsh, because the .zshrc still references the .oh-my-zsh of your original user.
– Jam Risser
Mar 3 '17 at 8:14
1
Didn't work for me when trying to link from non-root to root, ended up installing it for the non-root as well
– Akash Agarwal
Apr 7 '17 at 13:55
2
I tried it and could not use oh-my-zsh plugins using this method. They were considered insecure bycompinit.
– Melebius
Jul 18 '17 at 8:48
4
I recommend against this method, at least if one does not first consider the security risks. Any program the user runs can edit those configuration files without prompting the user--because they belong to the user, not root--and thus can cause root to perform any action whatsoever next time root uses zsh! Would you be willing to add (or okay with someone else adding) a warning about that to this answer?
– Eliah Kagan
Jul 30 '17 at 20:29
2
2
This should be the accepted answer, eliminates the hustle of installing
zsh twice.– daumie
Aug 17 '16 at 10:11
This should be the accepted answer, eliminates the hustle of installing
zsh twice.– daumie
Aug 17 '16 at 10:11
1
1
If you do that, it actually doesn't make sense to link .oh-my-zsh, because the .zshrc still references the .oh-my-zsh of your original user.
– Jam Risser
Mar 3 '17 at 8:14
If you do that, it actually doesn't make sense to link .oh-my-zsh, because the .zshrc still references the .oh-my-zsh of your original user.
– Jam Risser
Mar 3 '17 at 8:14
1
1
Didn't work for me when trying to link from non-root to root, ended up installing it for the non-root as well
– Akash Agarwal
Apr 7 '17 at 13:55
Didn't work for me when trying to link from non-root to root, ended up installing it for the non-root as well
– Akash Agarwal
Apr 7 '17 at 13:55
2
2
I tried it and could not use oh-my-zsh plugins using this method. They were considered insecure by
compinit.– Melebius
Jul 18 '17 at 8:48
I tried it and could not use oh-my-zsh plugins using this method. They were considered insecure by
compinit.– Melebius
Jul 18 '17 at 8:48
4
4
I recommend against this method, at least if one does not first consider the security risks. Any program the user runs can edit those configuration files without prompting the user--because they belong to the user, not root--and thus can cause root to perform any action whatsoever next time root uses zsh! Would you be willing to add (or okay with someone else adding) a warning about that to this answer?
– Eliah Kagan
Jul 30 '17 at 20:29
I recommend against this method, at least if one does not first consider the security risks. Any program the user runs can edit those configuration files without prompting the user--because they belong to the user, not root--and thus can cause root to perform any action whatsoever next time root uses zsh! Would you be willing to add (or okay with someone else adding) a warning about that to this answer?
– Eliah Kagan
Jul 30 '17 at 20:29
|
show 1 more comment
Just run the install command as root user (after doing sudo su)
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
edited Mar 16 '17 at 7:19
muru
1
answered Sep 8 '14 at 12:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
add a comment |
Just run the install command as root user (after doing sudo su)
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
edited Mar 16 '17 at 7:19
muru
1
answered Sep 8 '14 at 12:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
add a comment |
Just run the install command as root user (after doing sudo su)
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
edited Mar 16 '17 at 7:19
muru
1
answered Sep 8 '14 at 12:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
Just run the install command as root user (after doing sudo su)
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
edited Mar 16 '17 at 7:19
muru
1
answered Sep 8 '14 at 12:41
DhanviDhanvi
6033928
edited Mar 16 '17 at 7:19
muru
1
edited Mar 16 '17 at 7:19
muru
1
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muru
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answered Sep 8 '14 at 12:41
DhanviDhanvi
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add a comment |
I installed oh-my-zsh with root account. Now I login with another account, and install oh-my-zsh again in the home directory of the account. It works for the non-root account.
answered Apr 16 '15 at 2:37
HenryHenry
1263
add a comment |
I installed oh-my-zsh with root account. Now I login with another account, and install oh-my-zsh again in the home directory of the account. It works for the non-root account.
answered Apr 16 '15 at 2:37
HenryHenry
1263
add a comment |
I installed oh-my-zsh with root account. Now I login with another account, and install oh-my-zsh again in the home directory of the account. It works for the non-root account.
answered Apr 16 '15 at 2:37
HenryHenry
1263
I installed oh-my-zsh with root account. Now I login with another account, and install oh-my-zsh again in the home directory of the account. It works for the non-root account.
answered Apr 16 '15 at 2:37
HenryHenry
1263
answered Apr 16 '15 at 2:37
HenryHenry
1263
answered Apr 16 '15 at 2:37
HenryHenry
1263
answered Apr 16 '15 at 2:37
HenryHenry
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How are you becoming root?
– frlan
Sep 8 '14 at 12:01
1
How did you install oh my zsh in the first place? Any why not just do the same for root?
– Adaephon
Sep 8 '14 at 12:26
1
I think
cFINNY's answer on stackoverflow.com/a/42193058/1408600 is what you need. I've done that for months on servers i managed. It works for root and all users– ayik
Jan 2 at 2:57