Paul Galbraith wrote: > I want all logins from gdm to source /etc/profile so that I can put the > java_home environment variable (and possibly others) there. How can I > get all gdm user logins to pickup the settings in /etc/profile? > > I tried putting ". /etc/profile" in /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default and that > didn't seem to work, though that seems the most logical spot for it, as > far as I can tell. > > Can anyone suggest a good way to do this? Thanks!
The best way is to have user's .xsession files be login sessions. Assuming bash: #!/bin/bash --login exec x-session-manager Make sure it is executable or it will have no effect. chmod a+x $HOME/.xsession But you will immediately see the problems of trying to do that globally. Do all users use bash? Probably not. That is just the beginning. Read /etc/X11/Xsession and /etc/X11/Xsession.d/* for details of X startup especially 50xfree86-common_determine-startup and the option allow-user-xsession from /etc/X11/Xsession.options. By turning that off and forcing users into a particular shell then you can turn on --login for them forcibly. Obviously this has severe undesirable effects. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
