GI_Mike - Herman von Mandel wrote: > Greetings to the list! > > Apparently I am missing something which is frustrating me a bit. I have a > user account on a Debian Etch system which is needing some additional aliases > and rather than muck around with .bashrc, I would rather the aliases be > placed in ~/.bash_aliases. > > The user created aliases within a ~/.bash_aliases file having a permission > setting of 600. I then removed the comments from ~/.bashrc allowing for this > file to be read. > > After a source .bashrc, . ~/.bash_aliases, the user logging out and logging > back in, and a complete reboot - this file is still not being read as aliases > are coming back as unknown commands. > > This should be a fairly straight forward and easy task to accomplish. Below > are the snippets: >
I think the file .bash_aliases need permission to execute. For when you open a terminal, it invoke ~/.bashrc which will invoke .bash_aliases. Hope this will be help. > ~/.bashrc > # Alias definitions. > # You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like > # ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly. > # See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package. > > if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then > . ~/.bash_aliases > fi > > ~/.bash_aliases > ######################## > # VNC Server aliases > ######################## > > # create vnc server connection > vncsmall="vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 800x600 :1" > vncbig="vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1024x768 :1" > > # end vnc server connection > killvnc="vncserver -kill :1" > > # check if vnc server is already running > runvnc="ps -A | grep vnc" > > (Note: it is ok if he uses :1 - vncserver runs off a non-standard port and my > iptables ensures he's the person using it via MAC) > > Any ideas what I'm missing here? > > Thanks! > > Michael > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
