Re: Login and auto executes

On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 09:38:28PM +0200, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> kpneal@pobox.com:
> > On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 11:26:22AM +0200, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> >
> > Are you certain that these files are in the right home directory? They
> > need to be in the directory that is listed in /etc/passwd for your account.
> > I ask because you said "folder", but the correct term is "directory". You
> > aren't, say, putting these files in the base of a network share instead
> > of your /etc/passwd home directory?
> 
> Jep, I put them in the correct folder.
> I solved it by using the .login file with the appropiate commands.
> Must have had a temporary blackout why I didn't think about that...

Wait, if you really did mean ".login" then you must be using csh (or tcsh
here on FreeBSD) and not bash. In that case you should say you are using
csh/tcsh.

Different shells have different scripts that get run when you log in.
Scripts with "bash" in the name won't be run by csh.
-- 
Kevin P. Neal                                http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/

"It sounded pretty good, but it's hard to tell how it will work out
in practice." -- Dennis Ritchie, ~1977, "Summary of a DEC 32-bit machine"
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