On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 01:19:50PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I telnet into Debian from another machine, I get the $PATH > variables which my .bash_profile states. > > However, when I log into it directly, via XDM, and then turn on a > bash shell, I get the /etc/profile $PATH. . Moreover, if I log on from > another machine using - not telnet - but rather VNC, then I also get > the /etc/profile $PATH. (After the VNC login, I went back again to > telnet, where, once again, I got the .bash_profile $PATH) > > So this has something to do with XWindows. > > But what? > Your xterm in a xwindows environment (either X or X through VNC), is probably not executing a login shell. If bash is not a login shell it will look for .bashrc file to source, if it is a login shell, it will look for .bash_profile.
Try `xterm -ls &` (without the quotes) from another xterm. This will start one up with a login shell, which will source your .bash_profile HTH, -rob
