aliases for use in ubuntu

[Vram]

On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 21:39 -0500, alex wrote:
> I recently posted 'sudo blocks aliases' where I described a problem with
> running aliases in ubuntu where those same aliases ran perfectly in
> other linuxes. The responses I got didn't solve the problem as posted. 
> 
> I have several aliases like these that make it easy to access other
> operating systems from a variety of Linuxes (except UBUNTU)  and perform
> all kinds of good things, such as editing and moving files from one OS
> to another.
> 
> For example accessing ubuntu from knoppix, Libranet, JAMD,
> Progeny,      
> (all aliases are  in /root/.bashrc in each Linux)
> 
> alias ubu+='mount -t ext3 /dev/hda10 /mnt/da10; cd /mnt/da10; ls -aF
> --color=auto' 
> alias ubu-='cd; umount -l /mnt/da10'
> 
> These aliases do not work in ubuntu whether or not I modify them to
> include sudo. 
> 
> Some of the responses to the original posting said that the shell
> in ubuntu is different so it doesn't respond to the aliases as written
> in the other Linuxes.
> 
> I don't want to modify ubuntu by changing shells, so my question now is:
> 
> What form should an alias be in ubuntu to achieve the same action as the
> alias example above achieves in other linuxes,  that is access another
> OS by just uttering a simple command such as xp+ and xp- to access or
> exit from Windows XP in hda1?  And, where should these aliases be
> located if not /root/.bashrc?
> 
> Incidently, to explain the da10 in the examples above,  I add
> directories such as da1 da2 da6 da10 db1  in /mnt
> 
> 
> 


I would activate the root account.

And do it the way you generally do..

To activate root

do

sudo passwd root
<now your password>
new root password
confirm new root password.
Done!!

Good Luck



Vram



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