pol wrote the following on 03.10.2007 14:05 > How to configurethe root shell? > I would like to alias 'cp' to 'cp -iv', yet no avail. Working through sudo, > shell configuration files in /etc and /root are not accessed. > > Any ideas? > > thank you > > Pol $ sudo echo $HOME Password: /home/USER $ sudo -i Password: # echo $HOME /root HTH -- Thilo key: 0x4A411E09