Quoting Stephen Garton <sheepeating...@gmail.com>: > 2008/12/18 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk>: > >> >> Generally an issue with either /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc >> >> If you edit the versions of .bash_profile and .bashrc in /etc/skel >> then any new users will be given the functionality. >> >> Edit the current .bash_profile and .bashrc for the user you're having >> issues with and you should see the same result! >> >> HTH, >> >> M. >> -- > > Cheers, it would appear on inspection that the user *doesn't have* a > .bash_profile or .bashrc! > > Would there be any issues if I just scp'd my laptops versions of these > files into the remote users ~/?
I can't see why that wouldn't work - just check there's no machine-specific stuff in the copies on your laptop (session variables etc) and go for it. Failing that, just copy from /etc/skel to ~ on the server (assuming that the files exist in /etc/skel!) M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
