~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_login are all files that can be used to configure a console log-in for a given user, but not everyone has all or even any of these files. I personally only have a .bash_profile file, and it only has three lines in it: The first line deletes .bash_history, clearing my command history. The second configures my command prompt so it consists only of the number of the active tty and a dollar sign instead of the typical user@host /path/to/working/directory $ prompt that is so common and wastes a lot of time being read by my screen reaer. The third adds the directory where I store my personal bash scripts to my path so I can launch them from anywhere. I don't know if there are any format requirements for .bash_login, but it sounds like you don't have one, and the cinfguration suggested might be as simple as creating a new text file in your editor of choice, adding the suggested lines and nothing else, saving it as .bash_login, and then logging out and back in. I'm also not sure what the functional difference between .bash_profile, .bash_login, and .bashrc is. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list