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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!night.primate.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!fozzie!porter From: porter@fozzie.chem.wisc.edu (Ron Porter) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: what happens to .login and aliases when su Date: 10 Feb 1995 19:08:11 GMT Organization: Division of Information Technology Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3hgdir$mu6@news.doit.wisc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: fozzie.chem.wisc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello, I recently took out the "secure" from the psterms so i can no longer telnet into my FreeBSD1.1.5.1 machine as root(for security reasons). Now i log in as a common user and the su to root. But when i do this, i no loger have my alieses that i really want or my customized prompt. How do i get these to work when i su? Thanks, Ron Porter -- [-Ron Porter-----------] [-Univ. Of Wisconsin---] [-Chemistry Dept.------] [-Madison, Wi 53706----] [-608-262-0190---------] [-porter@chem.wisc.edu-]