Re: really confused about root's shell - please clue me up

2006-07-26 Thread Bill Marcum
On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 09:02:20PM +0200, LeVA wrote: > Hi! > > When my root's shell is `/bin/bash' in the /etc/passwd file, and I do > `su' as a simple user, then the root's .profile (/root/.profile) gets > executed. > After setting the root's shell to `/bin/sh', and do `su' as a simple > user

Re: really confused about root's shell - please clue me up

2006-07-24 Thread John Hasler
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really confused about root's shell - please clue me up

2006-07-24 Thread LeVA
Hi! When my root's shell is `/bin/bash' in the /etc/passwd file, and I do `su' as a simple user, then the root's .profile (/root/.profile) gets executed. After setting the root's shell to `/bin/sh', and do `su' as a simple user, then the root's .profile doesn't get executed until i run su as `

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 al

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
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 op

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 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 ?? becau

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

Re: Really Confused

2003-03-18 Thread Seneca
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:31:18PM -0500, Bill wrote: > I currently have Debian 2.2 R7 I3 installed and I am not sure what > release I have whether its stable or unstable. I think I have unstable? I > have been trying to get the NVidia Drivers working on it and people keep > telling me to get w

Re: Really Confused

2003-03-18 Thread Jamin Collins
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:31:18PM -0500, Bill wrote: > I currently have Debian 2.2 R7 I3 installed and I am not sure what > release I have whether its stable or unstable. Debian 2.2 would be the _old_ stable (aka potato). > I have been trying to get the NVidia Drivers working on it and people >

RE: Really Confused

2003-03-18 Thread deFreese, Barry
> -Original Message- > From: Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Really Confused > > > Hi, > > I currently have Debian 2.2 R7 I3 installed and I am not sure what > release I have

Re: Really Confused

2003-03-18 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.18.2231 +0100]: > I currently have Debian 2.2 R7 I3 installed and I am not sure what > release I have whether its stable or unstable. you run Potato, which is the version before Woody. Woody is now stable and has replaced Potato. So your version is

Re: Really Confused

2003-03-18 Thread nate
Bill said: > Hi, > > I currently have Debian 2.2 R7 I3 installed and I am not sure what > release I have whether its stable or unstable. I think I have unstable? I neither. 2.2R7 is the "old" stable, made obsolete by the 3.0 release last year. Looks like 3.0 was released on July 19 2002 I str

Really Confused

2003-03-18 Thread Bill
Hi, I currently have Debian 2.2 R7 I3 installed and I am not sure what release I have whether its stable or unstable. I think I have unstable? I have been trying to get the NVidia Drivers working on it and people keep telling me to get woody. What I don't understand is what is the main differe

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.

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

1999-06-01 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

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

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 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 s

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

1999-06-01 Thread Mark Wright
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. --- Mark Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]