Chnage direcortory upon login

The One · #1 (**permalink**) 04-08-2008

Hi,

I am using Redhat 4AS and I'm planning to change the default directory (/home/psuser) upon login to /opt/directory/.

This is my .bash_profile entry:

Code:

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH
unset USERNAME
. ~/test

This is the entry of my test file:

Code:

cd /opt/some directory/

However when i logged in using psuser account, im still directed to /home/psuser. Can anyone know what am i doing wrong?

Thanks!

sysgate · #2 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

Why do you have " . ~/test " I have in my test .bashrc file :

Code:

[test@host]$ cat ~/.bashrc
# .bashrc

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
        . /etc/bashrc
fi

cd /opt/

and it works OK.

The One · #3 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

Do you mean that i should put the cd /opt/some directory/ to the .bashrc instead of the .bash_profile?

I thought that the .bash_profile is the same as the .profile of some unix machine..

era · #4 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

It's not exactly the same. bash executes .bash_profile when you first log in, but if you are in an X session and open a new terminal window, that doesn't necessarily count as a login. Can you add some simple debug statement to your .bash_profile to see when it is actually executed?

Code:

echo '## .bash_profile' >&2

The One · #5 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

The .bash_profile is not being executed.
I'm actually doing a telnet session from a remote machine.

I also tried to add the "cd /opt/some directory" to my .bashrc but still its not wroking. I don't know what's wrong with our linux machine.

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