Disk Druid - Fedora flame #1[Where o' where does a User get their Environment?]

[Jeff Vian]

On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 08:59 -0700, James Mckenzie wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
> Sent: Jan 20, 2005 8:41 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Disk Druid - Fedora flame #1[Where o' where does a User get	their Environment?]
> 
> Once upon a time, James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net> said:
> > In single-user mode, what does that matter?
> > 
> > As I said, $HOME is not set before starting the shell, so the shell
> > files (.bash_profile, .bashrc) are not read.  You really shouldn't have
> > anything significant under root's home anyway.
> > 
> > -----James' reply-----
> > 
> > Actually, yes the $HOME variable is set when a shell is started.
> 
> Read what I said: "single-user mode".  I was not talking about doing an
> "su" or "su -" or logging in directly as root.
> 
> ----James' Humble Apology-----
> 
> You are correct as NO shell is started in single-user mode.  I reread your original message and I 'stand corrected' in that you were stating that you were running that mode.  For those that are wondering, this is entered by init 1.  Init 3 starts a text screen mode and that does run a shell after the login: prompt.  Init 5 starts an X session with a login screen.  Am I correct in what you are doing (starting with init 1?)
> 
> 

Errrr.  I think the shell is started, but it is a single users shell and
does not get any customization from a users profile.