(Ab?)use some sh(1) features:

* Put the aliases in a separate file, referenced by $ENV, so that they're
  present in subshells.
* Do the same to make `set -o emacs' happen automatically in interactive
  shells.  (Yay, line editing by default!)
* Use `export FOO=bar' syntax, as it's shorter and other sh(1)-like shells
  all support it these days.

etc/root/dot.profile

@@ -1,25 +1,18 @@
-#	$NetBSD: dot.profile,v 1.10 1999/04/04 09:58:57 mycroft Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: dot.profile,v 1.11 1999/11/05 11:30:13 mycroft Exp $
 
-PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin
-PATH=${PATH}:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
-export PATH
+export PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin
+export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
 
-BLOCKSIZE=1k
-export BLOCKSIZE
-
-HOME=/root
-export HOME
+export BLOCKSIZE=1k
+export HOME=/root
 
 if [ -x /usr/bin/tset ]; then
 	eval `/usr/bin/tset -sQ \?$TERM`
 fi
 
 umask 022
+#ulimit -c 0
 
-hup(){ kill -HUP `cat /var/run/$1.pid` ; }
-ll(){ ls -l $* ; }
-x(){ exit ; }
-
-PS1="`hostname -s`$PS1"
+export ENV=$HOME/.shrc
 
 echo "Don't login as root, use the su command."

etc/root/dot.shrc

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+hup(){ kill -HUP `cat /var/run/$1.pid`; }
+ll(){ ls -l ${1+"$@"}; }
+
+case "$-" in *i*)
+	PS1="`hostname -s`$PS1"
+	set -o emacs
+	;;
+esac