Do you have an /etc/bash/bashrc file? (In SUSE, I think it's /etc/bash.bashrc)
If not, you can put a script in /etc/init.d which will run scripts on startup. Matt >________________________________ > From: Pascal <pascal.ha...@yahoo.de> >To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:33 AM >Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] File /etc/profile ignored by Bash > > > >I have set up a couple aliases and functions for Bash in the following files >/home/MYNAME/.bashrc ; /home/MYNAME/.bash_aliases as well as in /root/.bashrc >and /etc/profile > >If understand Bash correctly /etc/profile should set aliases globally for all >users, ROOT included (I'm on Debian Testing). Well, none of the configuration >files mentioned above is sourced at startup, so I have to do it manually. In >/etc/bash.bashrc Bash is told to source /etc/profile and /root/.bashrc if >present via the 'default' if-statements: >"if..... then do..." > >What am I doing wrong here? >Thanks for your help. >Pascal > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: linux_newbies-dig...@yahoogroups.com linux_newbies-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/