How to set user's profile in Linux

[Pham Quoc Trung]

Hi,

I dont'n know how to set user's profile in Linux when I login Linux Server from a remote Xwindow emulation terminal. I have setup my profile in the .profile of my home. It works only when I telnet to the Linux Server (my user account is using /bin/bash shell). However when I login using Xwindow emulation terminal, it does not run my .profile at all.

I know in AIX, I have to open the file .dtprofile and add the line:

DTSOURCEPROFILE=TRUE

But I cannot find this file in Linux.

Please advice. Thanks

[Stuart Browne]

Most XTerm applications can be given a flag to say that the session is a login session.

For the standard 'xterm' application, it's the flag '-ls'.

If you are using something else (i.e. gnome-terminal, or the kde equivalent) then the options are different.

[Steven E. Protter]

When I log on at my Linux console, the environment I get appears to have been sourced from the file /home/.bash_profile

You should be able to set any variable's you need right in there.

To set variables for all users /etc/profile

I'm sure I'm missing the gist of this question.

SEP

[Pham Quoc Trung]

Yes, my Xterm is using the command to activate Xwindow:

/usr/bin/X11/xterm -ls -display my_pc_ip:0.0

How can I ask the shell to read my .profile to setup the environment parameters ?

[Jerome Henry]

Why don't you add it in your .bashrc ?
J

[Pham Quoc Trung]

Great. It works. Thanks a lot.

[Jerome Henry]

Great !
Why not assigning a few points now ?... ;-)
J