On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:47:50 +1130 Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 September 2001 14:23, Collins Richey wrote:
> > I have bash 2.04, and I can't find anyway to get the aliases in
> the
> > profile to take effect for normal users.
> >
> .............
> > If, however, I use su, ls is available immediately in color.
> >
> > Is this a bash bug, maybe?
> [snipetty hack]
>
>
> "su" uses the existing users environment and paths
>
> "su -"
>
> uses root's bash script
>
Yes, but both sets of scripts are identical, namely both .bash_profile
and .bashrc in both /home/collins and /root are
#!/bin/bash -ls
source /etc/profile
The alias ... statements take effect only when I use su or login
directly as root.
--
Collins Richey
Denver Area
gentoo_rc6 xfce+sylpheed
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