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Old 04-08-2013
How to set up newgrp on .profile?
Hello all,

I am having an issue setting up an environment on .profile. I want to set up my .profile in that way that everytime I login to the host, it should automatically set up my group. I tried the folllowing but it doesn't work. It is on the solaris OS.

Code:
HOSTNAME=$(hostname)

if [[ "$HOSTNAME" = "tpat1a" ]] || [[ "$HOSTNAME" = "tpat2a" ]]
then
newgrp unixteam
umask 002
fi

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks
PT
Last edited by fpmurphy; 04-11-2013 at 12:38 AM.. Reason: duplicate message removed
# 2  
Old 04-08-2013
In what way does it not work? Have you tried putting an echo statement in there to see if it's at least trying to run that code?

What is your login shell?
# 3  
Old 04-08-2013
I am working on ksh. When I inserted that script on my .profile and executed it (. ./.profile), it didn't change my group. I am wondering if there is anything wrong on my script or Does this should be different on unix and linux host? Do I need to modify anything to make it work?
# 4  
Old 04-08-2013
Just checking, the group exists right? Can you check the value of hostname? Try running the command in the command line and see if it changes.

--ahamed
# 5  
Old 04-08-2013
Yes, the group exists. I can use this "newgrp <groupname>" from command line. I have to type it all the time everytime I log in. I want to keep it in my .profile so that I don't have to type it again and again. Most of the time I forgot and it messess up everything.
# 6  
Old 04-08-2013
Try executing the .profile with -x option and see if there are any errors. bash -x .profile Also, check if the hostname is correct.

--ahamed
# 7  
Old 04-08-2013
Put an 'echo' statement in your .profile so you can tell if it's actually being run.
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