Re: [gentoo-user] Updating $PATH variable permanently for root not working

[Alecks Gates]

On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
> Not sure what I'm missing...
>
> I login as normal user, then su - to root...
>
> I've created /root/.bashrc, and added the following:
>
> export PATH="${PATH}:/path/I/want/to/add"
>
> If I logout, then su - back into root, shouldn't I see the new path?
>
> Manually exporting it during the session works, so obviously I'm missing
> something...
>

Personally, I had to create /root/.bash_profile for .bashrc:

~ # cat .bash_profile
# /etc/skel/.bash_profile

# This file is sourced by bash for login shells.  The following line
# runs your .bashrc and is recommended by the bash info pages.
[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc

-- 
Alecks Gates