On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:38:10 +0200 Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 June 2002 02:11, Carlos Sousa wrote: > > On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:09:42 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ... > > > Yes -- the problem is the user's .profile doesn't source the > > > system one. It isn't automagically sourced. > > > > It should be. From the bash man page: > > > > When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as > > a non-interactive shell with the --login option, it first > > reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if > > that file exists. > > OK, I don't know if this was already said, but I have to include > > if [ -f /etc/profile ]; then > . /etc/profile > fi Are you sure you need that? Are you using bash? I have a call to /usr/games/fortune in my /etc/profile. I don't have a ~/.profile. I've just checked, and my ~/bash_profile sources ~/bashrc, which sources /etc/bash.bashrc, which sources /etc/bash_completion. So no reference to /etc/profile. Still, I always get a fortune quote when I log in. So, unless I'm missing something not very obvious, the bash man page seems to be correct. Cheers, -- Carlos Sousa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
