If you do this as root, verify that the file is still owned by (and readable
by) that user. If it's not, bash will revert to another rc file present on
the system (/etc/profile or /etc/.bashrc maybe?). What this ends up being is
distro dependent, e.g. XF86Config. It looks at a bunch, in other words.
If I'm wrong, at least I didn't waste any paper on it.
Glen
On Monday 01 April 2002 16:24, you wrote:
> I want this to work in one of my user's .bashrc files:
> alias l='ls -lAF --color=auto'
>
> I 'su root' and after I change the file and save it, I exit su and
> exit the user account and log back in as the user, but the settings
> won't work, yet I verify the changes took place in .bashrc. What's
> going on?
>
> Also, are users able to run alias at the command prompt? Usually
> running this command alone will give all of the currently set aliases.
>
> Mario
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