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

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

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

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 `