On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Carlos Williams <carloswill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I need to do the following? > > cd /root > echo ".$HOME/.bashrc" >> /root/.bash_profile > > I don't get what I am pointing at in the '.bash_profile' file. Am I > suppose to create a .bashrc file in /root? Yes, you're suppose to have a .bashrc in /root with the colour stuff in it. Also, you forgot a space between . and $HOME. It should be: echo ". $HOME/.bashrc" >> /root/.bash_profile