Re: bash login for root
My /root/ is a symlink to /home/krzys. Since it's been this way for
about a hundred years, I figure it's about time to ask the question:
is it a really bad idea? -chris
Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 12:13:59AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > Debian doesn't put .bash_profile in for root. I want to put one in to
> > extend root's path. Putting my own .bash_profile means putting in the
> > path in full, since bash doesn't do roots path if there's a
> > bash_profile. Is there anything else that would be missed out if I were
> > to put in a .bash_profile?
>
> Try /root/.profile instead. For some reason Bash looks for it in the
> /root directory.
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