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becatlibra

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Registered: 2010-06-25

Posts: 61

root user ignores /etc/bash.bashrc

I have a customized /etc/bash.bashrc which does things like change the prompt color based on if the user is root or not.  I would swear that this worked at some point but since I switched to my new laptop (and fresh install), this does not seem to function.  If I

sudo su -

I end up with an environment that does not utilize that config.  I can source it directly and everything starts working as expected.  I realize that I could simply add this sourcing to root's own bashrc but I really want to understand what is happening.

If you have information on why this is not working and/or if this is not working because of design, can you please let me know?

Thanks

B

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: root user ignores /etc/bash.bashrc

Not a Sysadmin issue, moving to NC...

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