My /root/ is a symlink to /home/krzys. Since it's been this way for about a hundred years, I figure it's about time to ask the question: is it a really bad idea? -chris
Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 12:13:59AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote: > > Debian doesn't put .bash_profile in for root. I want to put one in to > > extend root's path. Putting my own .bash_profile means putting in the > > path in full, since bash doesn't do roots path if there's a > > bash_profile. Is there anything else that would be missed out if I were > > to put in a .bash_profile? > > Try /root/.profile instead. For some reason Bash looks for it in the > /root directory.
