diff --git a/yard/replacements/root/.profile b/yard/replacements/root/.profile
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+#
+#  A basic .profile for root
+#  Provided by Horst von Brand
+#
+export HOSTNAME=Rescue
+PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/OLDROOT/sbin:/OLDROOT/usr/sbin:/OLDROOT/bin:/OLDROOT/usr/bin:/OLDROOT/usr/local/sbin:/OLDROOT/usr/local/bin
+if [ "$TERM" = "" -o "$TERM" = "unknown" ]; then
+ TERM=linux
+fi
+PS1='\h:\w# '
+PS2='> '
+unset ignoreeof
+umask 022
+
+export PATH TERM PS1 PS2 
+
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/OLDROOT/lib:/OLDROOT/usr/lib
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH