Where's .bashrc for root?
Probably best to put them in ~/.bashrc . It seems root doesn't get the normal ones by default in some distros, but you just cp /etc/skel/.bash* ~
to fix that.
How about the home dir of root that is /root/?
From some aspects, root is just another user (just better, and allowed more). root has a home dir, but it is not like the other users in /home/, but simply /root/ so root:s .bashrc is therefore /root/.bashrc
The ones in /etc is system specific settings for all users, including root.
Thanks to grawity to point out that you can use ~root points to the root home dir, regardless of where it is.
You can test that with
$> echo ~root
/root
So even thou /root will work on 99% on the systems out there ~root is probably more portable and will probably work on 100%.
~root/.bashrc
Instead of using /root/.bashrc
try using /root/.profile
— it's the same thing, just a different name.
Also, if you are using su
to get into root it may not be reading the .bashrc
or .profile
– just issuing su
will not run the login scripts. try doing
su -