bash doesn't read bash_profile...

Seneka · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Oct 2002 Posts: 83

...or so it seems. Not at console login and not in x, so, when i want to get the stuff like aliases working i have to source it by hand - is it normal? It's Gentoo 1.4_rc1 on ibook2.
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stew · n00b Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 16

Where did you put that file? I'm not 100% sure (sitting at a Windows computer ATM), but IIRC bash parses ~/.profile and /etc/profile.
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Seneka · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Oct 2002 Posts: 83

solved! putting /bin/bash in userentry in /etc/passwd took care of it.