Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sat 19 Apr 2025 at 11:40:52 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 08:12:02 -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You > > should therefore always have command source ~/.bashrc at the end of > > your .bash_profile i

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

From: George at Clug Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 23:55:22 +1000 > Please excuse my ignorance, but how did you manage to get the folder > "/home/root/" when running "ls ~/.bash_profile" as root? > > To my knowledge root's home directory should be /root, not > /home/root. Ref. https://lists.d

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

From: Greg Wooledge Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 11:40:52 -0400 > Just FYI, that page is essentially an older version of > . Thanks. A much better document. Jonathan added a link to it. https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles > If you want to attempt to merge

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

Hi Greg, at al; In light of the page's provenance, and the fact Greg's wiki is more up-to-date (and likely to always remain so), I've proposed we delete the copy on the Debian Wiki, and just link to Greg's, instead. I feel this is the most pragmatic choice, to make sure people get the best con

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sun 20 Apr 2025 at 23:55:22 (+1000), George at Clug wrote: > On Sunday, 20-04-2025 at 01:12 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > Debian 12 here, obtained by upgrading Debian 11. > > > > In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You > > should therefore always have command source

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On 20/04/2025 10:37, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 10:32:37 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: P.S. DotFiles does not mention that PATH may be set through /etc/login.defs. I don't think this is true; it changed in Debian 10 when the shadow-utils suite was dropped in favor of util-linux.

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sunday, 20-04-2025 at 01:12 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Debian 12 here, obtained by upgrading Debian 11. > > In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You > should therefore always have command source ~/.bashrc at the end of > your .bash_profile in order to f

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 10:32:37 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > P.S. DotFiles does not mention that PATH may be set through /etc/login.defs. I don't think this is true; it changed in Debian 10 when the shadow-utils suite was dropped in favor of util-linux. hobbit:~$ man login.defs [...] BUGS

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On 19/04/2025 22:12, peter wrote: In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You should therefore always have command source ~/.bashrc at the end of your .bash_profile in order to force it to be read by a login shell." # ls ~/.bash_profile ls: cannot access '/home/root/.ba

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 18:34:07 +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Aside, with my "concerned about content licensing hat on"; and I note the > paragraph on your wiki's front page. You are the principal but not sole > author of the page on your site, I see; do you have a view on what license > you co

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

My advice to OP would be: first of all, before considering improving the page, is it worth keeping? Does it offer value? Second, I encourage you to discuss suggestions on a wiki Discussion page. I've added a link for one to the DotFiles page, it points here: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles/Dis

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 08:12:02 -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You > should therefore always have command source ~/.bashrc at the end of > your .bash_profile in order to force it to be read by a login shell." Just FYI, that pag