hi stepehn put .bashrc in your .profile
.profile .... source ~/.bashrc try /etc/rc.d/boot.local ( wild guess ) c ya alvin On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, stephen wrote: > I've been running Debian for about 3 days now (been running RedHat for 5 > years+). I've read through several docs, but haven't found (if I did find > it, I must've read right past it) answers to a couple of problems. > > 1) When I log in, my .bashrc isn't executed. Here's my ls -al: > > -rwx------ 1 stephen stephen 694 Mar 24 09:59 .bashrc > > What do I need to do to get this to execute. I've set up a .login which > executes the file and even set up a symbolic link of .profile. Still no > dice. > > 2) Where do I need to put programs which I want to execute on boot up? I > guess I'm looking for the equivalent of RedHat's /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > > Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks! > -- > steve > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >