Re: su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile
Because .bash_profile is only seen on login, not on 'su'. Put
it in .bashrc which is read when the shell is invoked.
See 'man bash'
Patrick
Daniel Underwood presented these words - circa 4/24/09 12:43 PM->
When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by
entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt
does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile
My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things):
export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0...@\h \w]\$ "
The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED
text. After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red. If I then enter
"source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly,
showing "root" in bold and red text.
How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the
/root/.bash_profile file?
Thanks,
Daniel
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Re: su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile
Hi, > > When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by > > entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt > > does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile > Because .bash_profile is only seen on login, not on 'su'. Put > it in .bashrc which is read when the shell is invoked. su - maybe? If you can live with ending up in ~root/, of course ;-) Rgds., Peter. -- Pt! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile
Daniel Underwood wrote:
When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by
entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt
does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile
My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things):
export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0...@\h \w]\$ "
The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED
text. After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red. If I then enter
"source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly,
showing "root" in bold and red text.
How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the
/root/.bash_profile file?
Thanks,
Daniel
Read the man page on the distinction between
su
and
su -
the latter probably being what you want to use.
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Re: su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile
You're right. Works now. Many thanks!
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Adam Vandemore wrote:
> Daniel Underwood wrote:
>>
>> When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by
>> entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt
>> does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile
>>
>> My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things):
>>
>> export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0...@\h \w]\$ "
>>
>> The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED
>> text. After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red. If I then enter
>> "source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly,
>> showing "root" in bold and red text.
>>
>> How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the
>> /root/.bash_profile file?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
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> I think you may need to set that in ~/.bashrc
>
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Re: su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile
Daniel Underwood wrote:
When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by
entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt
does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile
My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things):
export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0...@\h \w]\$ "
The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED
text. After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red. If I then enter
"source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly,
showing "root" in bold and red text.
How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the
/root/.bash_profile file?
Thanks,
Daniel
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I think you may need to set that in ~/.bashrc
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su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile
When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by
entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt
does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile
My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things):
export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0...@\h \w]\$ "
The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED
text. After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red. If I then enter
"source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly,
showing "root" in bold and red text.
How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the
/root/.bash_profile file?
Thanks,
Daniel
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