[UCLA-LUG] /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc files

[MIng Yu]

I've tried to put some system environment 
variables in /etc/profile and system alias in 
/etc/bashrc files. It seems that when I log in, 
the system environment variables are recognized 
while system alias are not(at the end of 
/etc/bashrc, alias ls='ls -a --color'. The 
followings are my /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc 
file. My login shell is the linux default shell, 
bash shell. 

Thanks for your help.

/etc/profile:
# /etc/profile

# System wide environment and startup programs
# Functions and aliases go in /etc/bashrc

PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

ulimit -c 1000000
if [ `id -gn` = `id -un` -a `id -u` -gt 14 ]; then
	umask 002
else
	umask 022
fi

USER=`id -un`
LOGNAME=$USER
MAIL="/var/spool/mail/$USER"

HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=1000

INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
export PATH PS1 USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE HISTFILESIZE INPUTRC

for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
	if [ -x $i ]; then
		. $i
	fi
done

unset i


/etc/bashrc
# /etc/bashrc

# System wide functions and aliases
# Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile

# For some unknown reason bash refuses to inherit
# PS1 in some circumstances that I can't figure out.
# Putting PS1 here ensures that it gets loaded every time.
PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "
alias ls = 'ls -a --color'




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