making aliases system wide

[Mark Sargent]

Michael A. Peters wrote:

>
> On 03/21/2005 01:19:30 AM, Mark Sargent wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I know that alias shows all aliases, and alias dirmysql='cd /usr/ 
>> local/mysql' allows me to just type dirmysql @ the promt to move to  
>> the mysql dir. But, how do I get this to be system wide and remain  
>> after a reboot. At the moment, if I open another terminal window  
>> after making the alias, it doesn't carry over to the new one. My  
>> book, Beginning Fedora2(I'm using 3 now) covers only how to make the  
>> alias. Could someone tell me what I need to make it permanent, or  
>> what I'm not understanding.? Cheers.
>
>
> You can put it in your .bashrc file.
>
> To do it systemwide for ALL users - put an executable shell script 
> that  sets it in /etc/profile.d/ (don't modify an existing file in 
> there,  make a new one)
>
> For an example of what that would look like - run
>
> cat  /etc/profile.d/which-2.sh
>
> You want to make a file of that form and make it executable in /etc/ 
> profile.d/
>
> but only if you want it system-wide (for just your user, edit .bashrc  
> in your home (~) directory )
>
Hi All,

ok, dirmysql was just an example. For it, I want only root to be able to 
use it, but for this one, for example, alias dirdlds='cd 
/home/paranor/downloads' I'd like it available to both root and the user 
paranor. Whilst I un I can put it in the .bashrc file for paranor, how 
about for root..? Cheers.

Mark Sargent.