Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 22:23:52 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aliases and zsh cont'd Message-ID: <200001202123.WAA04518@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <86757j$1da9$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de>
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Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> wrote in list.freebsd-questions:
> Well, i've narrowed it down with echo statements in all my config
> files. Here is the really bizarre part: when i su to root, i have to
> use su -l, and it executes .profile, NOT .zprofile, but .profile
> (which is for bash, right?)
.profile is sh (So I guess you're using "su -l toor" or
something, because root has a csh as login shell, no sh).
> I read the man page, and it says NOTHING
> about .profile being executed, only .zprofile.
Correct, zsh reads .zprofile by default (among others).
> Why is this file being
> executed, and why does -m clobber my alias settings? All the other
> env variables stay the same with the im option.
What version of the zsh is that? The latest is 3.0.7.
It works for me (using "su -m").
Regards
Oliver
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