David List wrote:
I tried both suggestions: 1) Copying the contents of ~/.profile into ~/.bash_profile. No effect. 2) Removing ~/.bash_profile and /etc/skel/.bash_profile. Still no effect.
Hmm. Two more ideas:- Are you sure you are actually using bash as your shell (check in /etc/passwd) ? - How exactly do you try to logout and login again (e.g. a `su user´ will not parse .profile, while a `su - user´ will).
Note on the /etc/skel/.bash_profile: Removing it will not have any effect, it will just avoid .bash_profile being created in new users' home directories if you create them.
Regards,
Torsten