On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:30:21 -0400
begin "Brian Witowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
> After installing QT 3.0.3 I've noticed that when using vnc, if I open a
> shell on the linux box and do a 'set', my paths are not correct. But if
> I go in through SSH from a Win box, the paths are correct, as set in
> /root/.profile. Where is the shell in KDE picking up the settings from?
>
vnc is opening a shell one level removed from a login shell. That is,
when you look at your return from the `set` command, you'll see SHLVL=2 or
higher. Login shells read $HOME/.profile. If it's bash it reads
$HOME/.bash_profile. If it's not a login shell (SHLVL>1), then the files
read include $HOME/.bashrc, but not any of the *profile files. If you
want to have your environment look like a login shell, you'll either need
to have bash start as a login shell (bash --login), or have $HOME/.bashrc
source $HOME/.profile and/or $HOME/.bash_profile.
Ah yes, the elusive, "why do things work the way they do?".
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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