OS X may have patched their bash to read /etc/bashrc by default as well, but not everyone does this.<BR><BR>I would presume when ~/.xinitrc gets run, it's not a login shell, so you're going to get the ...

The execute bit determines whether or not permission is granted to run a file as a program or script. Setting the execute bit ...

If you’re a new Linux admin, you probably at least know about sudo. Sudo stands for “super user do” and allows standard users to take admin-level actions, such as installing software. Even though most ...

Getting started on the Linux command line might seem overwhelming at first, but the many commands you need to use will fall into place more quickly than you might imagine. If you are just getting ...

I've added some environment variables to /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc, but when I run commands with sudo, they're not there—sudo env does not list them. Is there some other profile I should be editing ...