Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 09 Nov 1999 12:24:45 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        fredrik.carlen@telia.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Just minor Bash-prompt problems, but still... 
Message-ID:  <78625.942143085@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 Nov 1999 18:22:45 %2B0100." <99110818305400.00416@machine.beastie.org> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help


On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 18:22:45 +0100, Fredrik Carlen wrote:

> My /etc/profile is _not_ overridden in any ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile, or any of
> the other possible variations on this theme...I use /etc/profile, plain and
> simple.

The significant issue is _how_ you become root.  It's possible that when
you become root, your environment isn't preserved.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?78625.942143085>