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Date:      Wed, 07 Nov 2001 12:37:03 +0100
From:      Adi Sieker <adi@living-source.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        rene@xs4all.nl
Subject:   Re: .bash_profile not executed when su-ing?
Message-ID:  <447iutknp55hkjht9me9rq9nbgpitr80a3@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011107121950.A28318@xs4all.nl>
References:  <20011107121950.A28318@xs4all.nl>

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On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:19:50 +0100, rene@xs4all.nl wrote:

>Hi. I am using abash as my dfault shell, but when su-ing to another =
account
>(root) it does not seem to execute ~/.bash_profile. Is htere any way to =
remedy this?

You need todo a "su -" (without the quotes) to get a login shell. This
will then execute .bash_profle

have a look at man su

Tschau
   Adi


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