Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

2006-02-04 Thread Rodney Richison
Mike McCarty wrote: Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya forgot-who started it Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for

Re: Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

2006-02-04 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 2/2/06, Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - if you're confused .. do NOT change files in anything other than your own home directory /home/you once you get brave ... decide if you want to enforce others to use bash or csh or tsch or zsh or hudred-other-sh -

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

2006-02-04 Thread Rodney Richison
I am running sid with kde3.5. I have some aliases in /etc/bash.bashrc. In konsole as user if I type alias I get all aliases. But in root konsole, I don't get aliaes. Why? Hmm, I dunno. My bash.bashrc on my desktop just has source /root/bash in it. The /root/bash file has all my alias's

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

2006-02-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya forgot-who started it Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for bash, why is that?) why

Re: Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

2006-02-02 Thread Felipe Caballero Gil
QUOTE: Mark Wright wrote: Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for bash, why is that?)I don't know if there is such a

Re: Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

2006-02-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya forgot-who started it Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for bash, why is that?) why ?? because ...

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-02 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc Date: Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 11:25:46AM -0500 In reply to:Mark Wright Quoting Mark Wright([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-02 Thread W. Paul Mills
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Wright) writes: Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for bash, why is that?) Mark. What

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-01 Thread Jean-Pierre Parent
Mark Wright wrote: Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for bash, why is that?) I don't know if there is such a

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-01 Thread Arcady Genkin
Mark Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for bash, why is that?) Put all your

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-01 Thread Marc Mongeon
su - userx will cause userx's profile to be executed, as in a login. Marc -- Marc Mongeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 -- It's such a fine line between clever and