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From:	Rolf Campbell <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Aliases no longer defined?
Date:	Tue, 01 Apr 2003 11:59:10 -0500
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Rolf Campbell wrote:
> 
> 
>>Peter Davis wrote:
>>
>>>Ok.  There ain't much worth cracking my system for anyway.  Here's the
>>>/etc/passwd file from one machine below.
>>>
>>>Thanks for any help with this!
>>>
>>>-pd
>>>
>>>SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
>>>Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
>>>Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash
>>>Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Guest,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
>>>HelpAssistant:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1004:513:Remote Desktop Help Assistant Account,U-WINBOX-XPRO\HelpAssistant,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1004:/home/HelpAssistant:/bin/bash
>>>pdavis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1006:513:Peter Davis,U-WINBOX-XPRO\pdavis,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1006:/home/pdavis:/bin/bash
>>>Peter Davis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1005:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Peter Davis,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1005:/home/Peter Davis:/bin/bash
>>>SUPPORT_388945a0:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:513:CN=Microsoft Corporation,L=Redmond,S=Washington,C=US,U-WINBOX-XPRO\SUPPORT_388945a0,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1002:/home/SUPPORT_388945a0:/bin/bash
>>>SUPPORT_3f151ab9:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1003:513:CN=Dell Computer Corporation,L=Round Rock,S=Texas,C=US,U-WINBOX-XPRO\SUPPORT_3f151ab9,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1003:/home/SUPPORT_3f151ab9:/bin/bash
>>>Pdavis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11059:10513:Pdavis,U-WORKDOM\Pdavis,S-1-5-21-138833350-1684557462-623647154-1059:/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Pdavis.WORKDOM:/bin/bash
>>
>>Well, you seem to have 3 accounts, one with a space in it, and one with
>>different case.  Do you really have 3 different accounts?
> 
> 
> Rolf,
> 
> And what does this have to do with aliases not being exported?  FWIW, the
> UIDs on all 3 accounts are different...
> 
Well, if he *thinks* he's logging on as 'pdavis', but is really logging 
on as 'Pdavis', then bash might be using the 'wrong' home dir.

Peter,
what happens if you ". /home/pdavis/.bashrc" (without using ~)



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