Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:39:10 +0930 (CST) From: Alex Wilkinson <valex@senet.com.au> To: Chris Aitken <chris@ideal.net.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keeping aliases after su Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104261639040.52189-100000@pine.senet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010426164159.01cf6230@mail.ideal.net.au>
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su - -aw On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Chris Aitken wrote: > Hi > > Got a quick question. > > I have 2 FreeBSD boxes which are confusing me. > > The first box is FreeBSD 3.4 and when I telnet in, I run bash as my shell > and have an alias that loads up perfectly when I log in. Then I su and the > alias follows me. > > Problem is, the other box also FreeBSD 3.4 and I also run bash and have the > same alias set which works perfectly. But when I su all my aliases are > lost. The only way I can get them back is by sourcing my .profile > > Is there something in the root setup or my personal setup that will take my > aliases with me after I su ? > > > Thanks > > > Chris > > > > > -- > Chris Aitken - Webmaster/Database Designer - IDEAL Internet > email: chris@ideal.net.au phone: +61 2 4628 8888 fax: +61 2 4628 8890 > -------------------------------------------- > > Unix -- because a computer's a terrible thing to waste! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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