On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 09:22:08PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger wrote: > Hi, I'm having some weirdness happening with root on my system. In > root's .bashrc file I set his PATH with: > PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin > export PATH > This works fine when he is just working in a gnome-terminal or > something, but when he works in the console, $HOME/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin > don't get added to his PATH. Could someone tell me why this is? Doesn't > .bashrc get read in console mode for some reason? Thanks. -Jeff
.bashrc doesn't get read by a login shell. If you wish for this to happen add . ~/.bashrc into your .bash_profile file. -- CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 'We do more then just sing and dance. We've got a brain too.' -- The Backstreet Boys