On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 08:28 -0400, Bee.Lists wrote:
Hi folks. Just wondering how I can implement an automatic .bash_profile for root. I have to load my user .bash_profile every time I get into root, and I would like a better solution. There is no /home/ for root, so I’m a bit confused if this is even allowed.
Any insight appreciated.
Cheers, Bee
For a "normal" installation root's home directory is /root
From a users account the "-" will source /root/.bash_profile
and change to root's home directory. ja@naxos ~ 1$ su - Password: [root@naxos:~]$ pwd /root [root@naxos:~]$
For the occasions when it is desirable NOT to cd /root
I have an alias in /root/.bashrc alias sbp='source ~/.bash_profile'
ja@naxos ~ 2$ pwd /home/ja ja@naxos ~ 3$ su Password: root@naxos ja 1001$ pwd /home/ja root@naxos ja 1002$ sbp [root@naxos:/home/ja]$ pwd /home/ja
/root/.bash_profile changes the colour of the prompt (among other things) PS1="[\033[1;31m][\u@\h:\w]$[\033[0m] "
There must be much better ways of doing this!