oh-my-bash: We should not overwrite existing .bashrc.pre-oh-my-bash

[TotallyNotAHaxxer]

couldnt run commands like iwconfig or ipconfig without being root after installing, tried removing the bash file and remaking it myself and never ended up working. it annoys me, i dont want to be root everytime i poweroff my machine which is not necessary, basic commands like wireshark, owasp-zap, sqlmap, iwconfig, dir, pwd, ifconfig, etc etc will resolve in the error command not found i have not installed anything other than this bash theme and apparently it likes to kill shells

[pcroland]

switch to zsh + ohmyzsh + p10k

[prldm]

even better: zsh4humans

[akinomyoga]

@pcroland @preludium975 Could you describe how these are related to this issue?

[pcroland]

ohmybash is abandonware, you'll probably have to use something else.

[akinomyoga]

So you don't know the reason why iwconfig and ipconfig became missing with oh-my-bash in @ArkAngeL43's environment? This is not the place to advertise the other frameworks but the place to discuss the solution to the problem.

[TotallyNotAHaxxer]

finally someone with a bit more sense in this section 😂 i shouldnt have to end up using another enviroment cause of a BASH theme @pcroland its bash, not java or katoolin, its programmer error i would imagine

[akinomyoga]

@ArkAngeL43 I'm actually not sure the reason for missing iwconfig and ipconfig in your environment, but if you have installed oh-my-bash with the way provided by oh-my-bash, I think there may be a backup file at ~/.bashrc.pre-oh-my-bash which is actually the original ~/.bashrc before you install oh-my-bash. If you can find that file, have you tried to recover the contents of .bashrc from this backup file?

[akinomyoga]

If you don't find ~/.bashrc.pre-oh-my-bash, you need to reconstruct the original configuration. For the problem of iwconfig, probably you can add the following line in your new bashrc (though I don't think this is all what you have lost):

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin

[TotallyNotAHaxxer]

@akinomyoga ive tried installing multiple times on different types ( all of which they provided ) tried to backup my bashrc file but even when i did that it would not go away or save, after removing the oh-my-bash file it still remained, after rebooting my PC the bashrc was back but i still had to use sudo to use the commands so in the end i just re installed the OS. i was not going to bother anymore

[akinomyoga]

@akinomyoga ive tried installing multiple times

Ah, maybe this is the reason. I think the original .bashrc is lost when you installed oh-my-bash in the second time. Then, when you uninstall oh-my-bash, .bashrc is recovered to the one by the first installation of oh-my-bash. Maybe I can submit a PR to fix this issue, but I'm not sure if that PR would be reviewed since this project is abandoned or not maintained as @pcroland has mentioned (I actually have never used oh-my-bash but just watching the GitHub repository).

This framework oh-my-bash is actually a low-quality translation by @nntoan from a specific version of oh-my-zsh, and @nntoan doesn't seem to maintain at all after the initial translation. After that, @nntoan seemed to have just accepted PRs but recently have completely disappeared after setting up some sponsoring sites. I think the reason why this low-quality repository gained such a large number of stars is just because of its name being similar to the famous framework oh-my-zsh. Bash-it/bash-it is the community configuration for Bash that has similar goal with oh-my-zsh and, importantly, is maintained well. But I think you don't have to bother with these existing frameworks that rewrite .bashrc without letting users know the detail.

[akinomyoga]

(Edit: added information of bash-it)

FYI:

• Ref. [1] is the same issue in oh-my-zsh which was fixed by Ref. [2].
• Ref. [3] was also the same issue in bash-it and fixed by Refs. [4,5].

References

• [1] Some minor alteration concerning .zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh#2499
• [2] installer: use timestamped backups to preserve all old zshrcs ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh#4391
• [3] An important issue regarding the way .bashrc.bak is created Bash-it/bash-it#453
• [4] PR regarding bug #453 Bash-it/bash-it#454
• [5] PR regarding bug #453 Bash-it/bash-it#458

Edit

#115 is also related.

[TotallyNotAHaxxer]

thank you for the information then, i was quite confused how it can be popular and have errors since usually if someone keeps it up they will usually fix errors or find a bit better handling, but again thank you

[akinomyoga]

I have recently joined the maintainer team of oh-my-bash and addressed this issue. This has been solved by #284. Thanks