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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
>
> > sindi keesan wrote:
> >
> > > How do I run profile?
> >
> > When bash is invoked as a login shell it automatically
> > runs profile.  Try using the -login parameter:
> > ------------------------------
> > chroot  /mnt  /bin/bash -login
> > ------------------------------

chroot /hd /bin/login

> If you're interested in chrooting to BL3, here is a snippet
> from the ash manpage:
>
>       If the first character of argument zero to  the  shell  is
>       ``-'',  the  shell is assumed to be a login shell, and the
>       files /etc/profile and .profile are read  if  they  exist.
>
> Apparently, there is yet another method for ash:
>
> SH_INIT="/etc/profile" chroot /mnt /bin/ash


This does not seem to work - still no aliases.  Have you tried it?
And my shell is still bash after chrooting.  I can change it manually, and 
run rc, but I don't know how to run the rest of profile easily.

> Does anyone know the equivalents for other shells?
>
> David