Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

From: Michael Graham (oobermick_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 07/17/04

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    Daniel wrote:
    > Let's start with sensible behavior to the user (before considering
    > implementation):
    >
    > It would be sensible if logging in via a display manager included
    > the same shell login initialization that logging in on a virtual
    > console performed. (Or via telnet, rlogin, ssh, etc.)

    [I'm sorry but I don't have the will power to go into all the points
    you made but I will comment on this one...]

    Why should logging into X have the same behaviour as running a bash (or
    whatever) login? When you log in to a console (Or via telnet, rlogin,
    ssh, etc.) you are just running a login shell, but X is not a shell.

    Now if you where saying that there should a mechanism for setting
    environment variable at a user level that was independent of the method
    of login then I would agree but ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile or ~/.login
    is not the place for these as they are used already and have
    well-defined jobs 

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