On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 08:06:13AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Joe, > > As ROOT > # /etc/profile > -bash: /etc/profile: Permission denied > > # /etc/bashrc > -bash: /etc/bashrc: Permission denied > > # . /etc/profile > # . /etc/bashrc > no response. > As USER, also no response. > > Thanks > > B.Regards This not particularly helpfull but /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc are not ususally excutabe (they are normnally sourced) so the permission denied it ok. One would not expect to see any response from executing them. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list