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Havin_it

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Registered: 2011-04-21

Posts: 10

[SOLVED]/root/.bashrc not read

Hi,

Freshly installed Arch and here's the second problem I've hit (I'll post the first elsewhere as it's a bit more major). When I login as root, my /root/.bashrc file isn't sourced. I know this because I created it with a fancy-pants $PS1 coloured prompt but it doesn't appear as such, though it does work if I source .bashrc in the open terminal. I've done similar for my regular user accounts, and those work as expected.

Any ideas what could cause this? Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Havin_it (2011-04-23 13:23:33)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED]/root/.bashrc not read

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=70910

Havin_it

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Registered: 2011-04-21

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED]/root/.bashrc not read

Yup, that got it! Copied the /etc/skel/.bash_profile to /root/ and all is well. Thanks for the help.