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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: fredrik.carlen@telia.com
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Subject: Re: Just minor Bash-prompt problems, but still... 
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On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 18:22:45 +0100, Fredrik Carlen wrote:

> My /etc/profile is _not_ overridden in any ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile, or any of
> the other possible variations on this theme...I use /etc/profile, plain and
> simple.

The significant issue is _how_ you become root.  It's possible that when
you become root, your environment isn't preserved.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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