[ILUG] login

[Gregory McRandal (ext 722)]

Nice one.  .profile does indeed get called :)

Thanks

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ken Guest [SMTP:kwg at renre-europe.com]
> Sent:	13 February 2002 11:22
> To:	Gregory  "McRandal (ext 722)
> Cc:	Irish Linux  "User's Group (E-mail)
> Subject:	RE: [ILUG] login
> 
> On Cead, 2002-02-13 at 11:20, Gregory McRandal (ext 722) wrote:
> > I looked through the bash man pages and saw that, but I don't know how
> to
> > check it :( /etc/passwd just gives the shell as /bin/sh with no
> parameters.
> > /bin/sh is linked to /bin/bash......
> 
> 
> Ah, from the man page:
> 
> If Bash is invoked as sh, it tries to mimic the behavior of sh as
> closely as possible. For a login shell, it attempts to source only
> `/etc/profile' and `~/.profile', in that order. The -noprofile option
> may still be used to disable this behavior. A shell invoked as sh does
> not attempt to source any other startup files.
> 
> So you'll most likely need to run chsh and enter /bin/bash as the shell
> to be used.
> 
> k.
> 
> -- 
> The duck quacks.


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