Re: XDM and /etc/profile

2001-03-23 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:37:41PM +, Simon Read wrote: > Folks, > > I was trying to change the path for users of my freshly installed > Debian machine. I found (to my dismay) that /etc/profile is NOT used > if I login at the console using 'xdm', but IS used if I login remotely > (using

Re: XDM and /etc/profile

2001-03-23 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Simon Read ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010323 18:42]: > > I was trying to change the path for users of my freshly installed > Debian machine. I found (to my dismay) that /etc/profile is NOT used > if I login at the console using 'xdm', but IS used if I login remotely > (using ssh). > > There s

XDM and /etc/profile

2001-03-23 Thread Simon Read
Folks, I was trying to change the path for users of my freshly installed Debian machine. I found (to my dismay) that /etc/profile is NOT used if I login at the console using 'xdm', but IS used if I login remotely (using ssh). There seem to be multiple options for fixing this problem,