On November 30, 2003 12:20 pm, Abhijeet Dharmapurikar wrote: > Allrite here are my further questions.. > 1.when is /etc/profile run ? IS it when starting the > system services like crond inetd or after a user logs > in? > > 2. whats the difference between .bash_profile and > .bashrc ? > > Regards, > Abhijeer Hi, These files are all run whenever a login is required. It does can be either a user accessing a terminal or a script calling an environment to execute in. I beleive they are all triggered by /bin/login, but I may be wrong on that. Here is how the login process works: If it is an interactive logon (uses a tty, get a command prompt) things are read in this order: 1) /etc/profile -sets global environment defaults 2) shell scripts in /etc/profile.d are executed 3) ~/.bash_profile 4) ~/.bashrc 5) /etc/bashrc For non-interactive logins such as a cron job, it is a bit different: 1) ~/.bashrc 2) /etc/bashrc 3) shell scripts in /etc/profile.d are executed On logout, ~/.bash_logout runs. (these are RH order, I think it is slightly different for some other dists) As far as the diff between .bashrc & .bash_profile ~/.bash_profile calls .bashrc and set any user specific environmental variables ~/.bashrc calls /etc/bashrc and sets things like command aliases -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
