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I made an alias in my .bashrc file for ls. really simple, its lst="ls -l". works like it should. when i am root it doesn't work, that makes sense, but is there a place where I can do something similar for root, or do i need to make it a script?

Thanks.

Edit the /root/.bashrc file :D

Each user has one in their home directory. Here is mine

Code:

# fancypiper ./.bashrc for user phil

# User specific aliases and functions



alias x='dial ; fetchmail ; startx'



# Become full root

alias god='su -'



# Alter the ls command

alias ls='ls -a'

alias lls='ls -la'



# Connect/disconnect the internet by modem

alias dial='/sbin/ifup ppp0'

alias hangup='/sbin/ifdown ppp0'



# Launch links with my linux links page

alias links='links /home/phil/bookmarks.html'



# Power down/reboot

alias off='shutdown -h now'

alias boot='shutdown -r now'



# For Redhat editor because I forget which one I use in which distro

alias pico='pico -w'

alias nano='pico -w'



# For Gentoo editor because I forget which one I use in which distro

# alias pico='nano -w'

# alias nano='nano -w'



# This script needs to be on the bottom of the file or RH updates will fsck it up

# Source global definitions

if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then

        . /etc/bashrc

fi

Thanks, I thought there would be something like that. I thought I looked, but I guess i looked in the wrong spot? As soon as I get my other problem fixed, i'll try that.

Just a little FYI here. If you want the alias to be available to ALL users on the machine then you could add the alias line to the bottom of the /etc/bashrc file assuming you are using bash.

By the way I like some of your alias Fancypiper. Can I use some of those or do I need to pay for a product key to use those? ;)

Thank you much. I knew it was just something I was overlooking.