By default `machinectl shell` runs the user's shell with the "login" flag, exactly as during console or SSH logins. For Bash, that means it will look for ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile *instead of* ~/.bashrc.
Usually people have a ~/.bash_profile that sets up "once per session" things if any, then manually sources ~/.bashrc (with the '.' or 'source' command) as Bash never does do so automatically. The same applies to global configs; Bash in login mode will read /etc/profile, but not /etc/bash.bashrc unless the latter is explicitly sourced (e.g. Arch's /etc/profile has an "if [ "$BASH" ]; then . /etc/bash.bashrc; fi"). On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 3:09 AM LuKaRo <li...@lrose.de> wrote: > Hi, > > somehow, when using machinectl shell to access my nspawn containers, my > .bashrc is ignored, although bash is correctly used as my shell. However, > when specifying /bin/bash explicitly, the .bashrc gets sourced correctly. > Any ideas? > > *lukas@home*:*~*$ sudo machinectl shell x11 > Connected to machine x11. Press ^] three times within 1s to exit session. > [root@x11 ~]# echo $HISTFILESIZE; echo $0; > 500 > /bin/bash > [root@x11 ~]# > logout > Connection to machine x11 terminated.*lukas@home*:*~*$ sudo machinectl shell > x11 /bin/bash > Connected to machine x11. Press ^] three times within 1s to exit > session.*root@x11*:*~*# echo $HISTFILESIZE; echo $0; > > /bin/bash*root@x11*:*~*# > exit > Connection to machine x11 terminated.*lukas@home*:*~*$ > > Thanks, > lukaro > -- Mantas Mikulėnas
