Loging as root logs me out immediately

sree_oradba · 06-01-2004, 04:33 PM

HI,

I installed RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.1 on x86.
I made some changes to my .bash_profile file and also to /etc/profile as root.

I logged out and I can't log back in as root. I suspect my .bash_profile is corrupt. I can log in as another account and su to root. When I su to root, i have no issues except none of my shell commands (ls, vi) are working.

Can someone help me how can I fix root's profile?

thanks,
Sree

david_ross · 06-01-2004, 04:38 PM

Welcome to LQ.

What do you mean the commands are not working? Try using the full path when you start vi.

sree_oradba · 06-01-2004, 04:55 PM

after setting the path.. I could change .bash_profile to previous setting.

That doesn't seem to help. When I try to login as root, it takes a while before returing to login screen.

Thanks,