On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 09:56, Daniel B. wrote: > Paul Smith wrote: > > > > .. If you're using a graphical login manager like GDM or > > XDM, then these methods of login never actually invoke a login shell, > > Why not? (Why shouldn't logging in via GDM execute your login-time > shell initialization?) > That's the default behaviour. See Xsession (under /etc/X11/*) Change the first line "#!/bin/bash" to "#!/bin/bash --login" Then all the talk about .bash_profile, .profiles, ... comes into play. Regards, Ashish. ------------------------------------------------------------------ | I keep on working for the same reason a hen keeps on laying eggs.| ------------------------------------------------------------------
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