Re: Re: bash profile not working

["Michael B Allen" <mba2000@ioplex.com>]

John Taber said:
> So I gather from Michael that my best bet is to:
> in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start
> remove exec $STARTUP and  paste
> exec -l $SHELL -c "$STARTUP"
>
> will this now default to bash?  Or how do I specify bash?

$SHELL evaluates to your default shell which is specified when you create
an account and can be viewed there-after in /etc/passwd. If you do not
specify a shell when creating an account the default is indeed /bin/bash.

Mike