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From: Brett Rogers <loki_bsd@cox.net>
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Subject: Re: Sudo
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:35:17 -0700
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On Wednesday 12 June 2002 01:53 pm, Andrew wrote:
>   Hello list.
>
>   Is  there  a way to force sudo read .profile? For example, I have an
> alias  vi=3D'vim'  in both root's and user's .profiles. When I run vi a=
s
> root being user it starts vi instead of vim.

Quick note:
=09Default shell for root is csh which reads .login not .profile.  Defaul=
t shell=20
for most users is bash which reads .profile. (could be wrong on this, but=
 in=20
any case, the default shell reads .profile) Just set up the alias in .log=
in=20
for root and it should work.


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