Temp bash shell for root

stefaandk · 08-06-2007, 08:53 PM

Coming from Linux environments I'm used to the bash shell. Used to having coloured dirs and prompt with the path in it etc.

I can do all this stuff via my bash profile but I need it for root in BSD.

I don't want to permanently change the shell from csh to bash as I'm not the only one using this box but when I do login as root how can I change it to bash just for my session, assuming this is an option?

Thanks.

w3bd3vil · 08-06-2007, 09:19 PM

I believe typing in /bin/bash would get you a bash shell.
ofcourse bash should be installed. you could also try /bin/sh

just type exit after your done and you should be back to csh.

stefaandk · 08-06-2007, 09:34 PM

Thanks, easier then I thought. But how can I get it to load my profile?

I created a .bash_profile file in the root dir.

stefaandk · 08-06-2007, 09:37 PM

Not to worry found it, it's .bashrc like on Linux, I thought it would be .bash_profile like on osx.

anomie · 08-07-2007, 01:03 AM

If you've installed the bash port (or the package), it's actually /usr/local/bin/bash. The bash shell is not part of the base system, thus the /usr/local.

Quote:

Originally Posted by stefaandk

...it's .bashrc like on Linux, I thought it would be .bash_profile like on osx.

See the manpages for bash(1).

Quote:

When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-inter-
active shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes com-
mands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists. After reading
that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile,
in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one that
exists and is readable.
...
When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, bash
reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that file exists.

anomie · 08-07-2007, 01:07 AM

P.S. One more thing for you to read (might be helpful):
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...l#TOOR-ACCOUNT

reverse · 08-07-2007, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Not to worry found it, it's .bashrc like on Linux, I thought it would be .bash_profile like on osx.

I use ".bash_profile" on Linux. And no .bashrc.