when is /etc/profile called?

schuay · 2009-01-11 13:05:03

with my current boot/startup/login method (see below), /etc/profile is not being called. a little bit of googling tells me that /etc/profile is called at startup - but i'd like to know exactly when and by what. is it only called at bash login? what kind of magic does GDM do to call it?

i added a script /etc/rc.d/startx:

#!/bin/bash

case $1 in
    start)
        su jakob startx&
        ;;
    stop)    
        killall X
        ;;
    restart)
        ;;
    *)
        echo "invalid argument"
esac

and put startx in the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf

kgas · 2009-01-11 14:07:37

Have your checked that startx is in /etc/rc.d/ folder? . If I remember correct the 'profile' is to be placed at the last position in you grub (menu.lst) of booting kernel.

ghostHack · 2009-01-11 14:20:20

/etc/profile is called when you start a login shell, try changing 'su kakob startx &' to 'su - jakob startx &'

schuay · 2009-01-11 15:35:10

thanks that's what i wanted to know

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#1 2009-01-11 13:05:03

when is /etc/profile called?

#2 2009-01-11 14:07:37

Re: when is /etc/profile called?

#3 2009-01-11 14:20:20

Re: when is /etc/profile called?

#4 2009-01-11 15:35:10

Re: when is /etc/profile called?

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