Once upon a time, James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > In single-user mode, what does that matter? > > As I said, $HOME is not set before starting the shell, so the shell > files (.bash_profile, .bashrc) are not read. You really shouldn't have > anything significant under root's home anyway. > > -----James' reply----- > > Actually, yes the $HOME variable is set when a shell is started. Read what I said: "single-user mode". I was not talking about doing an "su" or "su -" or logging in directly as root. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
