On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 14:34, Robert E. Martin wrote: > Well...here we go again with the dumb questions...... > I am tring to create an alias for the command ifconfig, > > alias ifconfig=/sbin/ifconfig > > when I leave root user and go back to root, the alias I created is gone. > Help!!
this shouldn't be necessary for root on a stock red hat box, provided you "su -" rather than just "su". could you try that and see whether it works for you? > -- > Robert E Martin > IT Manager > Fishburne Military School > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 540.946.7726 hth, -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ do NOT use the following e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list