.bash_profile overwritten on login to root

Awesome Dude · 08-23-2004, 01:45 PM

I've been making a few changes such as PATH etc to the .bash_profile in the root directory (as root), but when I log out of root and log back in, it appears that the .bash_profile has gotten overwritten as it is back to its default settings. None of the added PATHs etc took effect. What gives?

Tinkster · 08-23-2004, 02:41 PM

Do you mean the file has been wiped out and
replaced with old contents?

To get a basic understanding of what bash does
during startup read

Code:

man bash
/INVOCATION

Cheers,
Tink