In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I wish to thank all the responces which I received on my Xauthority problem. I >went looking for 'ssh' when I read it in the thread, but wasn't able to find >it in any package (bo system). Of note, I use the default 'bash' shell and >checked the variables (as suggested) : > >XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority > >I chased this down to a 'declare' statement in the /etc/profile file. Should I >change the location of the declaration to the ~/.bash_profile file? (and >change it to 'XAUTHORITY=~$USER/.Xauthority') ?
Well, I don't have that in my /etc/profile, but it might not be a standard /etc/profile. Bash in fact does do this correctly: $ declare -x FOO=~miquels $ echo "$FOO" /home/staff/miquels But some ways of quoting and/or using $USER might cause it not to work. Without seeing the exact line from your /etc/profile we cannot see what might be the problem. Mike. -- Miquel van Smoorenburg | The dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac lay in his bed [EMAIL PROTECTED] | awake all night wondering if there is a doG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .