Re: No sourcing of ~/.profile at login

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Subject: Re: No sourcing of ~/.profile at login
From: "Daniel B." <dsb@smart.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 00:26:19 -0400
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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?)

Daniel
-- 
Daniel Barclay
dsb@smart.net

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