-----Original Message----- From: Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Jan 20, 2005 8:41 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Disk Druid - Fedora flame #1[Where o' where does a User get their Environment?] 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. ----James' Humble Apology----- You are correct as NO shell is started in single-user mode. I reread your original message and I 'stand corrected' in that you were stating that you were running that mode. For those that are wondering, this is entered by init 1. Init 3 starts a text screen mode and that does run a shell after the login: prompt. Init 5 starts an X session with a login screen. Am I correct in what you are doing (starting with init 1?) James McKenzie A Proud User of Linux!
