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Stroller writes: |
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> Therefore I have created a plain text |
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> file /etc/profile.d/essential_defaults |
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> Yet when I log in, these environment variables are not set. |
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> The file is world-readable (mode 644), and I even tried setting the |
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> execute bit (`chmod +xxx`). |
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It needs to be readable by your user, more is not needed. |
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> If I source the file using `. /etc/profile.d/essential_defaults` then |
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> suddenly I get the right pager, but it does not seem to be sourced at |
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> login, as I believe is promised. What am I doing wrong or |
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> misunderstanding, please? |
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/etc/profile is sourced for login shells only. That happens when you log |
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in a text console, but usually not for a graphical terminal. As a KDE |
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user, I have set my Konsole's profiles to run '/bin/bash -l', this gives |
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me login shells. For xterm or aterm, you would use the '-ls' option. |
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Wonko |
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