Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:34:46 +0200 From: "Peter Cornelius" <pcc@gmx.net> To: Patrick Mahan <mahan@mahan.org>, djuatdelta@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile Message-ID: <20090424203446.235660@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <49F21D52.90209@mahan.org> References: <b6c05a470904241243h97b02c9m983b25d19a3db70@mail.gmail.com> <49F21D52.90209@mahan.org>
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Hi, > > 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 > Because .bash_profile is only seen on login, not on 'su'. Put > it in .bashrc which is read when the shell is invoked. su - maybe? If you can live with ending up in ~root/, of course ;-) Rgds., Peter. -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01
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