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.bash_profile does not need execute-permissions, because it is not executed, but included by your shell. So read/write access for root is sufficient.

Another idea: please move the PATH=......

I just noticed the command-name is just bash. It should be -bash for a login-shell (with a leading dash).

What does

getent passwd root

print? Don't worry you will not give away your...

Then I'm afraid, I am out of ideas for the moment. Anyone else?

Hmm, strange. Are you sure, you are using bash? What does

ps -f -p $$

print?

Looks good to me. But in a previous post you wrote (notice the red colon)

/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/opt/ubersvn:ubersvn/bin:.

Is there someting in .bashrc that resets PATH to something...

Can you post the entire .bash_profile file you just created?

If the file is in root's home directory, the file is only valid for root. The file you posted looks right, besides the formatting issue. It is the default .bash_profile file. Just edit the one line,...

If .bash_profile is not there, just create the file. I wouldn't use .bashrc for this, because .bash_profile is executed only by a login shell, whereas .bashrc is executed by all subshells too.

There should be a file .bash_profile in root's home directory. You can put your PATH modifications there.