Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:43:30 -0400 From: Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile Message-ID: <b6c05a470904241243h97b02c9m983b25d19a3db70@mail.gmail.com>
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When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by
entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt
does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile
My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things):
export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0m\]@\h \w]\$ "
The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED
text. After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red. If I then enter
"source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly,
showing "root" in bold and red text.
How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the
/root/.bash_profile file?
Thanks,
Daniel
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