Nope. I just tried it and it didn't work. FWIW, /etc is a symbolic link to /private/etc, so my edits in /private/etc/csh.login should have also been recognized according to that consideration. Rick Gordon ------------------ On 7/8/04 at 1:14 PM -0500, Rod Buchanan wrote in a message entitled "Re: [X4U] Setting Shell Defaults for root": >On 7/8/04 2:22 AM, "Rick Gordon" <rick at rickgordon.com> wrote: > >>I use tcsh as my default shell, and I have my /private/etc/csh.login file customized with numerous aliases, along with other tweaks. >> >>... >> >>Where can I store these commands where they will remain active when I sudo or su root (both of which I do frequently) or spawn a new shell (which I don't do as often)? > >A quick check of "man tcsh" finds: > >"A login shell begins by executing commands from the system files /etc/csh.cshrc and /etc/csh.login. ... Non-login shells read only /etc/csh.cshrc and ~/.tcshrc or ~/.cshrc on startup." > >I'm not a tcsh user but it looks like /etc/csh.cshrc may be what you're looking for. -- ___________________________________________________ RICK GORDON EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING ___________________________________________________ WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com