Re: How to run script after login

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[George]
> Hi,
> 
> Where do I preferably put a script that is supposed to run *after* login?
> Im running Squeeze with lxde
> I don't want to put it in user homedirs (.bashrc), its systemwide scripts.
> 
> I tried /etc/rc.local and /etc/profile.d but it does not seem to do anything..

For X logins, put it in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/.  It will run as the user, the
same way /etc/profile.d is used when shells start.

If you need to run it as root, a PAM hook is probably the right way.  See
for example how libpam-mklocaluser uses libpam-python.

> The thing is, the script has to be run after login (when variables like
> $HOME is set). I tried to put the script in both chroot and in tjener.
> For thin clients its supposed to be in /etc/, not in chroot, right?

Yes.
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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen