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Re: Stupid problem: /etc/profile



G. Ralph Kuntz, MD said:
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> My /etc/profile is not getting executed. The premissions are
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> 	-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          546 Apr 29 13:47 /etc/profile
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you don't need execute permissions on the file, what shell are
you using and how are you going about logging in? e.g. /etc/profile
isn't read when you open a X terminal.

nate





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