[gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Pupeno]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 254 bytes --]

Hello,
I have created a file

/etc/profile.d/aliases.sh

containing

aliases.sh

and when I log in as root it is clearly loaded. But when I log in as my normal 
user, it is not. Any ideas ?
-- 
Pupeno <pupeno@pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)

[-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 198 bytes --]

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 14:26, Pupeno wrote:
> Hello,
> I have created a file
>
> /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh
>
> containing
>
> aliases.sh
>
> and when I log in as root it is clearly loaded. But when I
> log in as my normal user, it is not. Any ideas ?

I have absolutely no idea and most likely neither will anyone 
else. But if you post the results of these commands, we will be 
in a better position to help you:

ls -al /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh
cat /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh

alan
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 14:26, Pupeno wrote:

> Hello,
> I have created a file
>
> /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh
>
> containing
>
> aliases.sh
>
> and when I log in as root it is clearly loaded. But when I log in as
> my normal user, it is not. Any ideas ?

Looking at the shell initialization files, seems that the only script 
which checks the contents of /etc/profile.d and sources some files from 
there is /etc/csh.cshrc (unless I missed some). So, is your root account 
using csh as its default shell and the normal user instead uses bash?
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 476 bytes --]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 15:34, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
> Looking at the shell initialization files, seems that the only script
> which checks the contents of /etc/profile.d and sources some files from
> there is /etc/csh.cshrc (unless I missed some).

You are missing /etc/profile. Only thing this requires is the file is located 
in /etc/profile.d, ends on .sh and is readable and sourceable by the user. 
Probably just a permissions problem.

-- 
Bo Andresen

[-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 189 bytes --]

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 15:15, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:

> You are missing /etc/profile. Only thing this requires is the file is
> located in /etc/profile.d, ends on .sh and is readable and sourceable
> by the user. Probably just a permissions problem.

This is strange: my /etc/profile doesn't have any references 
to /etc/profile.d (that's why I wrote the previous email).

In the past, I used to customize that file a lot, so at some point I 
probably told etc-update to keep my version. 

Indeed, looking at /etc/profile on another box, I found 
the /etc/profile.d stuff.

Thanks for the correction.

-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Lukasz Pawelczyk]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 03:49:51PM +0200, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 September 2006 15:15, Bo ??rsted Andresen wrote:
> 
> > You are missing /etc/profile. Only thing this requires is the file is
> > located in /etc/profile.d, ends on .sh and is readable and sourceable
> > by the user. Probably just a permissions problem.
> 
> This is strange: my /etc/profile doesn't have any references 
> to /etc/profile.d (that's why I wrote the previous email).
> 
> In the past, I used to customize that file a lot, so at some point I 
> probably told etc-update to keep my version. 
> 
> Indeed, looking at /etc/profile on another box, I found 
> the /etc/profile.d stuff.

Just remember that those aliases will stay only in login shell, any
other shell level wont keep them. There should be something like
/etc/shrc.d/ sourced by bashrc for such things.

-- 
Regards
Lukasz Pawelczyk
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Pupeno]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 420 bytes --]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 14:20, Lukasz Pawelczyk wrote:
> Just remember that those aliases will stay only in login shell, any
> other shell level wont keep them. There should be something like
> /etc/shrc.d/ sourced by bashrc for such things.

Probably this is the problem. When I run the Konsole it is not a login shell 
and when I su it is.

Thanks.
-- 
Pupeno <pupeno@pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)

[-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 198 bytes --]

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Pupeno]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 471 bytes --]

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 13:15, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> You are missing /etc/profile. Only thing this requires is the file is
> located in /etc/profile.d, ends on .sh and is readable and sourceable by
> the user. Probably just a permissions problem.

I think I am not missing any condition:

$ ls -al /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 2006-09-09 12:56 /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh

-- 
Pupeno <pupeno@pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)

[-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 198 bytes --]

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Drew]

> I think I am not missing any condition:
>
> $ ls -al /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 2006-09-09 12:56 /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh

Assuming this is supposed to be a shell script try changing the file
so it is rwxr-xr-x (755). ex: chmod 755 /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh

For a script to be executed it must have the 'x' flag set. I get
bitten by this every so often when creating new scripts.


-Drew
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/profile.d/ and non-root users

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

On Saturday 16 September 2006 03:06, Drew wrote:

> Assuming this is supposed to be a shell script try changing the file
> so it is rwxr-xr-x (755). ex: chmod 755 /etc/profile.d/aliases.sh
>
> For a script to be executed it must have the 'x' flag set. I get
> bitten by this every so often when creating new scripts.

While you are correct for general cases, at least in this case the 
execute bit does not need to be on, since the script is not run directly 
but instead is sourced from inside another script.
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list