On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > [...] > > When I rename .bash_profile to .bash_login nothing changes, but when I > > change its name to .profile it does get processed during login and I get > > root's correct path. > > Are you sure that /bin/bash is your login shell for root and not /bin/sh? Doh! Blush. What can I say? Thanks, that certainly clears that problem. The situation did not arise until I installed a 2.1.x kernel in mid November. At home I rarely reboot and I leave root logged in for months on vt1, so root's shell could have been changed long ago. I guess I'll never know how it happened. Thanks, Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 316 2486 modem +61 8 364-9832 32S, 116E vk6lj =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=