./bashrc doesn't run automatically
Got questions? Go ahead: Ask me anything!
Author: dhart
Date: Fri Apr 8 13:27:02 2005
Subject: ./bashrc doesn't run automatically
On a Red Hat system:
Linux Allied-2 2.4.21-4.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Oct 3 17:52:56 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
my customer has played with webmin and did something to logins so that some users .bashrc doesn't get executed. Instead they find themselves at a $ prompt and if they type in ./.bashrc it runs fine.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tom titan 168 Apr 7 15:27 .bashrc
I've compared ownership & permissions with users that work correctly, no joy.
Any Ideas?
Got something to add? Send me email.
(OLDER) <- More Stuff -> (NEWER) (NEWEST)
Printer Friendly Version
-> -> ./bashrc doesn't run automatically
Increase ad revenue 50-250% with Ezoic
Inexpensive and informative Apple related e-books:
Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal, Second Edition
Take control of Apple TV, Second Edition
Take Control of Numbers
Take Control of Security for Mac Users
Yosemite Crash Course
More Articles by dhart © 2009-11-07 dhart
Fri Apr 8 13:38:05 2005: 301 TonyLawrence
Well, for one, are you sure you understand what .bashrc is for?
Sounds to me like you are trying to use .bashrc for what .bash_profile should be used for. That's most definitely a path to disaster; see (link)
The use of bashrc can be overridden by "--rcfile file" on startup - don't know if that's what webmin did do you, but you should NOT be using bashrc to start other programs: use .bash_profile or .profile.
Fri Apr 8 13:43:25 2005: 302 dhart
looks like .bashrc doesn't run if .bash_profile doesn't exist. go figure.
Fri Apr 8 13:51:00 2005: 303 TonyLawrence
No, that's not really what's happening, but .bashrc is NOT for starting programs (unless it's something that you want to run everytime any other shell script runs).
Logging a user into an app should be done in .bash_profile, not .bashrc
From the man page:
So, yes, it won't run .bashrc without SOMETHING else to run, but again: it's purpose is NOT to start apps for users.. use .bash_profile for that.
Fri Apr 8 14:00:40 2005: 304 dhart
mmmm, yes, I see your point. The road to .bashrc is fraught with peril.
I had managed to avoid that trap by placing exec /usr/local/bigbadshellscript in .bashrc.
Curious, then, that .bashrc is executable at all.
------------------------
Printer Friendly Version
./bashrc doesn't run automatically Copyright © April 2005 dhart
Have you tried Searching this site?
Support RatesThis is a Unix/Linux resource website. It contains technical articles about Unix, Linux and general computing related subjects, opinion, news, help files, how-to's, tutorials and more.
Contact us
Printer Friendly Version