su'ing not sourcing .bash_profile

[Adam Vandemore]

Daniel Underwood wrote:
> When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by
> entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt
> does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile
>
> My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things):
>
> export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0m\]@\h \w]\$ "
>
> The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED
> text.  After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red.  If I then enter
> "source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly,
> showing "root" in bold and red text.
>
> How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the
> /root/.bash_profile file?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
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I think you may need to set that in ~/.bashrc

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Adam Vandemore
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