Problem with su -

[jdow]

On 2012/03/06 05:32, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 06/03/12 07:48, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 03/06/2012 08:45 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>> All I've done here is listed the files you suggested, not sure what
>>> the results mean ...
>>> # ls -lh /root/.bash*
>>> -rw-------. 1 root root 32K Mar 4 22:55 /root/.bash_history
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 24 Aug 10 2011 /root/.bash_logout
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 404 Feb 19 18:11 /root/.bash_profile
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2.1K Mar 4 22:57 /root/.bashrc
>> [root at box9 ~]# ls -lh /root/.bash*
>> -rw-------. 1 root root 927 Mar 6 07:13 /root/.bash_history
>>
>>
>> You mean you don't have a /root/.bash_profile and /root/.bashrc ???
>>
>> The "good box"???
>>
>> If you don't have them....copy them from the good box....
>>
>>
>
> Did that and that appears to have corrected the problem!
>
> I thought I had determined those files were present earlier but
> it appears that I got confused with copying between users and
> computers. My apologies if I have prolonged the pain.
>
> However I am grateful for all the help, thanks to all,
>
> Bob

At a guess you want all the other files from the other machine's root
directory. "tar" is probably your friend.

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