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.
I've compared ownership & permissions with users that work correctly, no joy.
Any Ideas?
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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.
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