kpackage and .bashrc

[dave`2005]

Hi all, I tried to uninstall a package using kpackage, it asked me for the root pass as normal but once i entered it, it gives me root@mycomputername:/home/myuser>.

I was watching someone using bash and they changed some stuff in .bash_profile, i couldnt find the file in my home dir but added stuff to .bashrc instead. Here is my .bashrc:

PS1="\u@\h:\w> "
export PS1

eval `dircolors -b`
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias 0ff='shutdown -h now'

# Make sure our customised gtkrc file is loaded.
export GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0

# User Specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin
export PATH
unset USERNAME

Is this what has messed up kpackage?

While on the .bashrc subject, the 0ff alias works if i su to root from my normal user but not if i just log in as root. Can anyone tell me where i am going wrong on these 2 problems?

Any help very appreciated.

[kern]

The off alias is in YOUR bash profile

not roots


I use sudo to shutdown 'sudo halt'

I have setup a /etc/sudoers so only the user 'kernow' can execute the shutdown command, apart from root that is .

http://slackwiki.org/Sudo


"I was watching someone using bash and they changed some stuff in .bash_profile, i couldnt find the file in my home dir but added stuff to .bashrc instead."

any reason?

[dave`2005]

The 0ff alias is in my .bashrc and also the one in /root/.bashrc

logged in as root "0ff" says its not a command, but if i type "source .bashrc" then "0ff" it works, any way to get around this?

"I was watching someone using bash and they changed some stuff in .bash_profile, i couldnt find the file in my home dir but added stuff to .bashrc instead."

any reason?

Not too sure what you mean, do you mean what did he add to his .bash_profile? (he added the

rm='rm -i'

alias and

# User Specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin
export PATH

Or do you mean why didnt i add it to .bash_profile (i couldnt find one and dont know if making one works)

[kern]

put it in .bash_profile , make one if it doesnt exist

if you su ever, use su -

[dave`2005]

thank you

Any idea why kde isnt working properly?

[kern]

no idea, I dont use KDE

I use installpkg/removepkg/upgradepkg from the command line.

[dave`2005]

I see.

Thanks for the help

[bin]

;hey i am not sure following why you are setting your path when in the profile but you shouldn't really have to. /bin /sbin should already be in your path. anyways slack is a little different and doesn't have a bashrc or bash_profile , that is unless you create them (to answer your first question) try editing /etc/profile. I was just thinking that maybe kpackage might not be in the path you are setting. try
$whereis kpackage
and just make sure it is in your path.
hope this helps

[dave`2005]

whereis kpackage gives me "/opt/kde/bin/kpackage" so /opt/kde/bin/ needs to be added to the path in .bash_profile?

One other thing, i added konsole to the desktop manually, just using the command "konsole", i noticed that adding it as a shortcut through the menu uses "konsole --ls" need to find out what the --ls is coz it made the stuff in .bashrc and .bash_profile work how i want it to