Re: XDM and /etc/profile
* Simon Read (simon@formasic.com) [010323 18:42]:
>
> I was trying to change the path for users of my freshly installed
> Debian machine. I found (to my dismay) that /etc/profile is NOT used
> if I login at the console using 'xdm', but IS used if I login remotely
> (using ssh).
>
> There seem to be multiple options for fixing this problem, I was
> wondering if there is a standard one. Is this a deliberate decision
> on the part of 'the maintainers'? It doesn't seem to work that way on
> my Debian cluster at home.
I think this just changed in a recent update. I did an "apt-get upgrade"
today and it re-enabled xdm. When I went into X, numerous apps wouldn't
load by typing their names. I had to include the path to them...
Regards
Hall
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