Alfred von Campe wrote: > On Mar 23, 2007, at 7:55, Chris Geldenhuis wrote: > > >> [snip] >> However when I then log in to the recovered system as a user via ssh, >> or directly on a tty (non-gui), the login process does not execute >> the instructions in the user's .bashrc file and I get a shell prompt >> with none of the required environmental variables set - also the last >> line in the .bashrc is an exec of a script that bring up the >> application - this does not happen. >> >> When I log in to the gui desktop as the user and then open a terminal >> screen the instructions in the .bashrc do get executed >> and the application runs as it should. >> >> Any ideas of where to look ? > > For starters, add some echo statements to the beginning of the .bashrc > file to ensure that it is being executed. Maybe an error is > occurring when it is a login shell. I usually debug startup problems > like this by putting an exit call half way through the .bashrc file > and add some echo statements. > > Alfred > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Thanks for the ideas - I will try them on Monday when I get back to site. ChrisG