Red root prompt on su

mr-simon · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 5:47 pm Post subject: Red root prompt on su

Is there a way to get gentoo to re- source /etc/profile when I "su", so my red root prompt comes up?
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rtn · Guru Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Posts: 427

c_kuzmanic · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 2:51 am Post subject:

You can put "source/etc/profile" in root's .bashrc .

That's what I do and it works perfectly.

waverider202 · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 7:42 pm Post subject: su -

if you want to do stuff as root, then use rtn's way: "/bin/su -". Just "/bin/su" will give your current user root access while a "/bin/su -" will login as root.
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