[gentoo-user] re: no dot profile/bashrc for root user
I've noticed there's no .profile or .bash_profile or .bashrc in /root. Is that normal? What if I want to set/modify some environment variables? How would I do that? Thanks.
Re: [gentoo-user] re: no dot profile/bashrc for root user
On Oct 15, 2013 12:35 PM, Alexander Kapshuk alexander.kaps...@gmail.com wrote: I've noticed there's no .profile or .bash_profile or .bashrc in /root. Is that normal? What if I want to set/modify some environment variables? How would I do that? Thanks. IIRC there's a default profile in /etc or /usr somewhere. Sorry I can't be more specific.
Re: [gentoo-user] re: no dot profile/bashrc for root user
On 15/10/2013 21:34, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I've noticed there's no .profile or .bash_profile or .bashrc in /root. Is that normal? What if I want to set/modify some environment variables? How would I do that? create the file and edit it There's no magic to those files, they were copied there from the install tarball, or from /etc/skel, or from any number of places. They are just files -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] re: no dot profile/bashrc for root user
On Tuesday 15 Oct 2013 22:34:15 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I've noticed there's no .profile or .bash_profile or .bashrc in /root. Is that normal? What if I want to set/modify some environment variables? How would I do that? I just adapt my ordinary user's files for use by root. -- Regards, Peter
Re: [gentoo-user] re: no dot profile/bashrc for root user
On 10/15/2013 10:57 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 15/10/2013 21:34, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: I've noticed there's no .profile or .bash_profile or .bashrc in /root. Is that normal? What if I want to set/modify some environment variables? How would I do that? create the file and edit it There's no magic to those files, they were copied there from the install tarball, or from /etc/skel, or from any number of places. They are just files Simple as that, huh? Understood. Thanks.
