my hard drive has /home on a different partition it was failing fsck and to simplify I backed up my /home contents to a backup hdd and then set it up again how to I use 'bash' when /etc/shells already shows me using /bin/bash? vim /home/dio/.bashrc alias clearl="clear && ls -l" ~$ clearl -bash: clearl: command not found in terminal ~$ echo $SHELL /bin/bash so I change to bash anyway: ~$ bash ~$ clearl (works fine) I've done this: chsh -s /bin/bash password *** no luck but I can type bash manually and I'm goold ~$ echo $PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/dio/sh:/home/dio/ cat ~/.bashrc alias clearl="clear && ls -l" -- Mike Hoy --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss