Hi, While I do realize that most terminal emulators do not give you a login shell by default, setting my terminal emulators to give me a login shell did not meet with success. In addition, I logged in remotely and the shell I was given (presumably a login shell, I had _just_ logged in) did not read /etc/profile or ~/.profile. As a final test, I booted the machine into a terminal as opposed to starting a terminal emulator through X, with predictable results.
So, perhaps I should clarify / rephrase my bug report: Despite the documentation, a pdksh login shell does not read /etc/profile or ~/.profile. Thanks for the reply! >Thanks for the bug report. > >I installed pdksh and looked through the man page, but could only find a >mention of /etc/profile and ~/.profile getting read if the shell is a >login shell. This isn't the case when you start a shell in gnome- >terminal for example. I'm not sure about the other emulators, but I >suspect the shell isn't started as a login shell in them either. gnome- >terminal does allow you to start the shell as login shell, if you check >the "Title and Command" tab in your profile's preferences. > >But I may be referring to a different section in the documentation than >what you are talking about. Can you quote the exact section of the >documentation that causes the confusion? > >** Changed in: pdksh (Ubuntu) > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info > >-- >pdksh's operation conflicts with documentation, /etc/profile and ~/.profile >are not read >https://launchpad.net/bugs/49633 -- pdksh's operation conflicts with documentation, /etc/profile and ~/.profile are not read https://launchpad.net/bugs/49633 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
