[ubuntu-cloud] default /home/ubuntu/.bashrc

[Hedge Hog]

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Edward Frye <ubuntu at edwardfrye.com> wrote:
> I'm not very familiar with the Chef-Solo app, but the bashrc entry is
> basically
> if the prompt $PS1 is empty/not set, then don't load the rest of the
> configuration.
>
> If you're not using an interactive bash shell, don't load the interactive
> bash parameters
> such as your history, aliases, color prompts, etc.
>
> This would be for things like cron, startup scripts, etc. that use /bin/bash
>
> If you're trying to set environment variables for all users, you can create
> a new configuration file
> in the /etc/profile.d/ directory with the parameters you want those users to
> have which is loaded
> before the /etc/bash.bashrc or the ~/.bashrc
>
> Hope this helps
>

Thanks that did help, it seems the issue is teasing out what goes into:
~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc

The issue is due to bash not reading .bashrc for login shells along
with the following common advice: load .bashrc file in .bash_profile
Then place something you "always" want to run in .bashrc .... :(

Getting there.

>
>
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Hedge Hog <hedgehogshiatus at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> In the current AMI's at cloud.ubuntu.com (search:lucid 64 ebs) the
>> default bashrc has:
>>
>>   [ -z "$PS1" ] && return
>>
>> Which of course means that it is not trivial to append to the .bashrc
>>
>> Naturally this default setting is sensible for people logged in, and
>> interactive cloud instances are an important use case.
>> However,  but since these amis are the same as at[0], whose url
>> suggests server use acses, I wonder if it isn't reasonable to have the
>> default bashrc without this early return?
>>
>> For the record I'm trying to get the AMI to the point where I install
>> Chef-solo, with the particular ruby install I need, and then can hand
>> off all these sorts of issues to chef-solo.
>>
>> Have I missed a trick, or some AMI that doesn't have this behavior as
>> default?
>> I'd be interested in hearing how others handle this.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
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