On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 16:20 -0400, Bee.Lists wrote: > > On May 13, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Pete Biggs <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > First, the ~ which might not apply to root. > > > > Why do you think that? '~' is just shell shorthand for user's home > > directory. > > root quite often isn’t recognized as a proper user. ~/.bash_profile > isn’t loaded because it’s not a normal login shell when entering > `su`. If you switch to any other user using 'su', then their .bash_profile isn't loaded (unless you specify that it's a login shell). 'su' doesn't mean "super user" it means "substitute user" - the default happens to be user UID 0. > > > > Second, it’s a “personal” init file, which also might not pertain to > > > root. > > > > root is just as much a user as anyone else, albeit one with special > > privileges because they are UID 0. > > So I can’t assume it’s just another user. It may not be "just another user", but it *is* a user as much as your login username is a user. You could assign your own username a UID of 0, and it would have the same privileges as 'root', but it would still act as your username. NOTE: doing this is NOT recommended, do not do it, seriously, do NOT do it. > > > > Going from user to root (su) might not initiate a login shell. I’m > > > not clear on this. > > > > Are you logging in? (i.e. typing the username and password at a login > > prompt.) If not, then it's not a login shell. > > Isn’t moving from my own user using su, then prompted for password > count as a login? No. It doesn't. The password prompt is for authentication, not logging in. > > man su doesn’t apply to root with regards to the files loaded up upon > login. Could you explain what you mean by that. P. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos