Question: order of profiles

[Dirk Moolman]

I just found a page on the web, that says:

"When a user logs in, environment variables are set from various places.
That includes /etc/profile (for all users).
Then all the files in the /etc/profile.d directory.
Then +AH4-/.bash_profile, then +AH4-/.bashrc."


I tested this, by placing a variable in all 3 places, for a specific
user, and then by echo'ing the variable, and removing it form 1 script
at a time, to see in which order the scripts are being read.   And my
test shows a different result to the web page - that they are being read
in the order:

1. /etc/profile.d
2. /etc/profile
3. +AH4-/.profile (in this case I do not have the .bash_profile or .bashrc
scripts

 
Can someone confirm that my test results are correct ?






Dirk Moolman
Database and Unix Administrator
Agility Technologies (HealthCorp)



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