Second file /etc/profile ???

[tom quach_1]

Hi All,

Is it possible to create a second global profile as /etc/profile2
and have users with certain group go thru
this profile2 and skip the /etc/profile.

Please advice.
Thanks in advance.
Tom

[Devender Khatana]

Hi,

I do not think it is possible. ANyways what is that which require this?

A variable set in the .profile of the user will override the setting of /etc/profile not requiring this.

HTH,
Devender

[Peter Godron]

Tom,
the idea of /etc/profile is that is a global profile.
I would suggest you change the /etc/profile to include an if statement and split the executaion path by user group.
That way you still maintain the global profile idea, but can customise for your user group.

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Tom,

I dont think it is possible to do that. Anyways, you have /etc/profile and $HOME/.profile files, you can do the modification with user's profile which is safer .

-Arun

[Peter Godron]

I think Tom wants all users in a specific group to execute /etc/profile2.
Otherwise he has to configure the .profile in each of that groups user directories.

[tom quach_1]

Thank you for your quick replies

My purpose is to have different groups connect to different profiles but keep the /etc/profile as is. This is production box and i do not want to mess up this /etc/profile.
please give me advice on how to modify /etc/profile.

at the begining of /etc/profile, i will have if .. else statement.
if the condition met then it would execute the new /etc/profile_new and then execute local user profile.
if not it just continue /etc/profile.

Thanks,
Tom

[Senthil Kumar .A_1]

Hi Tom,

Here is the if statement u are looking for..

first create a file say /etc/special_group

Let this file be filled with the name of the users for whom the /etc/profile2 needs to be executed. One user per line.

Now in /etc/profile include this if statement,

if [ `grep -q "$LOGNAME" /etc/special_group`]
then
. /etc/profile2
fi

The character in front of grep is "back quote" used for command substitution not "single qoute". This character appears before the "1" key.

Contact ,if the test fails.

Regards,
Senthil Kumar .A

[Senthil Kumar .A_1]

Hi again,

NOTE:
inside the If statement in the above response there is a space between the "." and "/etc/profile2",

this is important, because. this will make sure that the profile2 is executed in the parent process environment, instead of spawing the child shell(which would be useless in this case).

Regards,
Senthil Kumar .A

[tom quach_1]

Hi Senthil Kumar .A

I do not want to continue execute the /etc/profile after
. /etc/profile2

should i insert a line
break in here

Thanks,
Tom


if [ `grep -q "$LOGNAME" /etc/special_group`]
then
. /etc/profile2

break

fi

[Senthil Kumar .A_1]

Just a sec, I will check my profile file and tell u where exactly to insert, so that it is effective.

[Senthil Kumar .A_1]

Hi,

Include the if statement at the end of the /etc/profile, thereby it can reinitialize the Variables if it was already initialized by /etc/profile.

Note, before making the change make sure, you make a copy of the actual /etc/profile file somewhere safe,

While testing, include the follwoing command in /etc/profile2

echo "excuting /etc/profile2"

Regards,
Senthil Kumar .A