<div id="RTEContent">It's not a shell called Ubuntu. In the synaptic pkg. mgr., if you switch to status mode, at the end of the line for each item under installed version/latest version, it will say Ubuntu or whatever. If you open the tabs in the lower box, you can get a description and explanation for the items. Vram <lamsokvr@xprt.net> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 18:11 -0800, James Diehl wrote: > The Ubuntu shell is a small shell that works with Debian, not bash or > korn. > If you want to use the bash codes, you will have to change your shell > to the Bourne Again shell (3.05 I believe), that uses the best > attributes of bash and Korn, or install the larger bash or korn > kernels. I have tried several bash codes in terminal with the smaller > Debian, and it didn't even recognize the codes I entering. > Diehl, James > I don't see a shell called Ubuntu Where is it??? Vram > Vram <lamsokvr @xprt.net=""> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 02:28 +0100, Leo Cacciari wrote: > > Il giorno gio, 29/12/2005 alle 13.35 -0500, alex ha scritto: > > > For several years, I've been using aliases like the > following in all > > > the linuxes that I've used. > > > > > > alias xpa+='mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/da1; cd /mnt/da1; > ls -aF' > > > --color=auto' > > > alias xpa-='cd; umount -l /mnt/da1' > > > > > > These two and several others are stored in /root/.bashrc. > > > > > > I'm having a problem with these aliases in ubuntu because > of > > > sudo...I can't execute them from /root/.bashrc with or > without sudo. > > > > > > In other Linuxes, all I have to do is type ... xpa+ or > xpa- and I have > > > access to Windows or in similar fashion, can access other > Linuxes. > > > For example, I have three ubuntus installed and can cross > access them > > > except from one of them. (Two of the ubuntus have sudo > disabled) > > > > Well, there are two solutions I can see. First, you could > simply ignore > > the sudo thing and use your commands after becoming root > using 'su'. > > Another one is to add your aliases to the adminstrative user > aliases > > (/home/whatever/.bash_aliases). If you do this, however, you > must change > > your aliases by adding 'sudo' in front of them. Beware that > for multiple > > commands (such as the above examples) you must either add > sudo in front > > of each command, or execute them all in a subshell: > > > > alias xpa+='sudo sh -c "mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/da1;\ > > cd /mnt/da1; ls -aF'" > > quotes are backwards ^^^^^ > > > I think > > Vram > > > > > > Hope that helps > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users > > > > -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </lamsokvr></blockquote> </div>