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Date:      Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:28:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        spork <spork@super-g.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bash question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980211102725.1284I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210224708.15623C-100000@super-g.inch.com>

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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, spork wrote:

> I'm stumped.  I just turned one of my home machines into a dual-booter,
> and one of the things I've installed is bash.  I've done this a hundred
> times, and sticking a .bashrc in my homedir has been how I get bash to do
> what I wish...  For some reason, it's not being read at login.  If I
> source it, it works.  I also tried naming it .profile.  According to the
> manpage .bashrc is correct.  Perms look OK, readable by anyone.

Did you remember to change your login shell?  Did you add bash to
/etc/shells?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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