[COLUG] ~/.profile

[Edward Dunagin]

Hello back there,

On 4/20/07, Drew <saphetiger at post891.org> wrote:
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:23:05 -0400
> From: Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net>
> Subject: Re: [COLUG] Best place for modifying path
> To: Central OH Linux User Group <colug432 at colug.net>
> Message-ID: <200704181523.05287.rfunk at funknet.net>
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>
> Tom Hanlon wrote:
> > > What is the place and where are the overview docs on that ?
>
> For docs, the standard answers are "man bash" and "pinfo bash".
> (pinfo is a friendly info browser, but there are others, including info,
> emacs, and konqueror.)
>
> > > /etc/profile seems like the most likely candidate .
> > >
> > > Will /etc/profile be read when a new console is initiated in an
> > > already open xwindow ?
>
> The bash man page on my Ubuntu machine says:
> | When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a  non-inter-
> | active  shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes com-
> | mands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists....
> | When  an  interactive  shell that is not a login shell is started, bash
> | reads and executes commands from  /etc/bash.bashrc  and  ~/.bashrc,  if
> | these  files  exist.
>
> So /etc/bash.bashrc is better than /etc/profile, since /etc/profile only
> gets invoked on login shells.
>
> Of course, this assumes everyone uses bash as their shell.  If not, it's
> probably best to move back a level to the login sequence, and set it
> there.  Trouble there is that there are multiple ways of logging in and
> getting a shell (login program, various X display managers, remote shell
> such as ssh, other PAM-using system).  /etc/login.defs
> and /etc/security/pam_env.conf are two places to look.
>
> Doesn't I thought that ~/.profile superceded /etc/profile.

I am using openSuse10.2 and 10.3 alpha2+.
What in the world has the powers that be done to .bashrc and .profile.
It used to be very straight forward...Figure out which one is in you
home directory, then change it as suited you.....BUT NOW I can't even
figure out how to add a PATH! So I just create a .bashrc file in my
home directory and put the new path  in it. That works for me. BUT my!

Peace..................to all.................ed

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