Hi Adam On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 14:40, Adam H. Pendleton wrote: > when I log is as my normal user, color ls is enabled, and I have all the > regular aliases, such as "ll" and "l.". When I perform a "su" to root, > however, the aliases go away, as does the color ls.
When you perform an "su", be sure to add the "-l" or "-" option. This will cause "su" to log you in as root, which causes your shell (bash) to read /etc/bashrc, which in turn sources the script files in /etc/profile.d. If you do not add the "-l" option, "su" simply changes your user to root without doing most of the normal initialization. Have a look near the end of /etc/bashrc for more information on how the scripts in /etc/profile.d work. > Running "bash -x /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh" as root... Doing this will run colorls.sh in a subshell, so all changes to the shell's environment will be lost when the script exits. If you manually want to run colorls.sh, try sourcing it like so: # . /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh or # source /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh (# indicates a command typed in a root shell) search for "source" in the bash(1) manual page for more information. Hope this helps. -- Michael Wardle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Adacel Technologies -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
