$ cat /etc/passwd | grep "bash" root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash mhoy06:x:1000:1000:mike hoy,,,:/home/mhoy06:/bin/bash dio:x:1001:1000:dio,,,:/home/dio:/bin/bash On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Mike Hoy wrote: > $ .bashrc > -bash: /home/dio/.bashrc: Permission denied > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: >> I could be wrong about this but I think it explains your quandry.  See >> below: >> >> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Mike Hoy wrote: >>> >>> 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 >> >> Since you did not source your new .bashrc, your current shell does not know >> about the change.  You needed to do ". .bashrc" without the quotes. >>> >>> ~$ echo $SHELL >>> /bin/bash >>> >>> so I change to bash anyway: >>> ~$ bash >>> ~$ clearl  (works fine) >> >> Since you started a new shell with explicitly running bash, that bash >> re-initialized and saw your alias so it worked. >>> >>> I've done this: >>> >>> chsh -s /bin/bash >>> password *** >>> no luck >> >> This is less clear what all you did in between, but if you are still in the >> original terminal and its shell, you still have not re-sourced .bashrc for >> that running shell >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >> >> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, >> that I wish it always to be kept alive. >>   - Thomas Jefferson >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Mike Hoy > -- 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