Charles Blair <c-blair@uiuc.edu>:
> After logging in on a gnome window, I often go to "Accessories"
> and "root terminal". I have several shell variable setting and
> some other small tasks at the beginning. When I first set the
> system up, I had a file that did these things for me. However,
> I want to change a few things and I've forgotten what file is supposed
> to be edited.
>
> I've tried /etc/.profile and /root/.bashrc, among other things,
> but I'm still getting the same behavior as before.
Your login startup scripts are where you ought to be looking.
Assuming bash is your login shell, see $HOME/.bashrc,
$HOME/.bash_profile, and $HOME/.profile. Anything in there will
override/clobber whatever's defined by /etc stuff.
As for root terminals, see the same in $HOME while logged in as root.
FYI, bare "cd" takes you $HOME. "set" will show you what's defined.
Perhaps you ought to supply a better description of the problem. HTH.
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