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Subject: Re: Configuring Bash
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> ### SNIP ###
> Are you saying it works if you:
> su - root

Yes, that's correct.

> But logging in as a regular user.  So, can you:
> login as a regular user
> su - root
> su - [regular user]

Interesting, this produces the correct output.

Login   :   ${PS1} $ $                   (Wrong)
su-root :   [root@host-- /home/user]#    (Correct)
su-user :   [user@host-- ~]$             (Correct)
exit    :   [root@host-- /home/user]#    (Correct)
exit    :   ${PS1} $ $                   (Wrong)

This does not really jive with what I read in the man pages.  It said
that .bash_login is invoked during login, while .bashrc is used when an
interactive shell that is not a login shell is started.  Currently I do
not even have a .bashrc defined, so the only thing that should be
getting used is .bash_profile.  Why does su invoke .bash_profile?

The relevant entries from /etc/password are:
root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/usr/local/bin/bash
user:*:1001:0:User &:/home/user:/usr/local/bin/bash

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