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Old 04-24-2011
I need to make a constant variables to the root

Hello every body,


I need to make a constant variable to the root such as #PS1="I am Amer" and so on.

I know if i am a user,I can make it fixed from #vi .profile

HOW to make it fixed for the root?


Thanks in advance

BR

Ahmed Amer
Cairo,Egypt
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Old 04-24-2011
That doesn't make it fixed, it just gives it a default value.

root has a .profile too.
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Old 04-24-2011
To be more specific,i want to give a values to the variables of the root such as PS1 and those variables keep constant even after rebooting the system!!!

PS: -I could make those variables constant to the users using #vi .profile (and then i write down the variables and it s values)

-I could make those variables constant to any user using #vi /etc/porfile

-The .profile was not exist and i created it and wrote down the variables and it s values BUT it did not work.
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Old 04-24-2011
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Originally Posted by ahmedamer12
The .profile was not exist and i created it and wrote down the variables and it s values BUT it did not work.
Created it where?

What shell does root login with?
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Old 04-24-2011
-I created it in this path #pwd >>>> / (i.e in the root main page,I don`t knw what to call it but i hope u got what i wanted to say)

-The shell logins with "sh"
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Old 04-24-2011
You created /.profile? I don't think that's going to work.

Try /root/.profile
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Old 04-24-2011
I tried it too but it did not work as i want!! Smilie
 
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