ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan) (12/21/89)
In article <13530@s.ms.uky.edu>, pjl@ms.uky.edu (Paul Linton) writes: > Every account on the RT here runs /bin/csh by default. My problem > is that they do not execute /etc/profile upon login. I could not find > anything in the manuals relating to a system wide .login (such as > /etc/login), has anyone figured this out? It is strange that /etc/profile doesn't execute upon login; I'll have to give it a try this weekend. Anyways, try the /etc/environment file which is what I use to set global environment variables (I use ksh though). The "Managing the AIX Operating System Manual" states: Before any user logs in to the system, the init process (the main process starting the system) reads the file /etc/environment. The init process passes variable assignments made in the /etc/environment to each process it creates (its child processes). These variables automatically become part of the list of exported shell variables. The manual doesn't mention that /etc/profile is not executed when csh is the default shell though... Ron +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan (IBM VNET)WOAN AT AUSTIN, (AUSTIN)ron@woan.austin.ibm.com + + outside of IBM @cs.utexas.edu:ibmchs!auschs!woan.austin.ibm.com!ron + + last resort woan@peyote.cactus.org +