Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 00:20:54 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Brian Camba <beesea@freewwweb.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with startup files Message-ID: <392CD456.F9FF922F@gorean.org> References: <392C2834.EB99F7BF@freewwweb.com>
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Brian Camba wrote:
>
> what's up everyone?
>
> i've just intalled freebsd, and i'm encountering a weird problem. my
> .profile and .shrc don't seem to be executed at startup. i can tell
> because when i use env at the prompt, some of the environment variables
> are different from what i set in my .profile (i.e. path), and some
> aren't even set at all. also, i've made sure that i exported all the
> variables because i originally thought that was the problem.
>
> does anyone know what is wrong?
Are you sure you're using Bourne shell as your login shell?
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