Bash Shell Login Trouble

[Colin Law]

On 29 September 2014 20:22, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I use an ssh connection to one of my systems. Initially when I login to the
> remote system my customized aliases do not function. If I issue a source
> .bashrc  command. They work...
>
> For example:
>
> alias cls=clear
> alias ping3="ping -c3"
>
> Neither of these will work until I issue the source .bashrc command, then
> all is well.
>
> Anyone have a idea of what is  going on here? I am using 14.04.1 LTS with
> all updates applied.

.bashrc is not sourced for an ssh shell.  This should help explain [1]

[1] http://hacktux.com/bash/bashrc/bash_profile

Colin

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