Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:54:19 -0400 From: Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> To: Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile Message-ID: <49F218EB.5040805@radel.com> In-Reply-To: <b6c05a470904241243h97b02c9m983b25d19a3db70@mail.gmail.com> References: <b6c05a470904241243h97b02c9m983b25d19a3db70@mail.gmail.com>
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Daniel Underwood wrote:
> When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by
> entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt
> does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile
>
> My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things):
>
> export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0m\]@\h \w]\$ "
>
> The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED
> text. After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red. If I then enter
> "source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly,
> showing "root" in bold and red text.
>
> How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the
> /root/.bash_profile file?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
Read the man page on the distinction between
su
and
su -
the latter probably being what you want to use.
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--Jon Radel
jon@radel.com
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