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# 1  
Old 03-18-2005
RSH and .profile
Hello all,

Here's my problem:

When i try to execute a command using rsh (ksh on AIX 5.1):

rsh <host> -l <user> -c <command>

the .profile is not executed.
Is there a solution ?

Thanx
# 2  
Old 03-18-2005
.profile gets executed only when you login interactively. But rsh just try to execute the command you desired to execute, and in order to execute the command successfully, it need to verify the right user name. Hence passing the user name will not just make the .profile to get executed.
# 3  
Old 03-18-2005
add user in the .rhosts file.
# 4  
Old 03-22-2005
Thank you for your replies,

.rhosts and hosts.equiv files are OK. The rsh command is executed but not the .profile.
I've tried to combine the 2 commands like this : (. ~user/.profile ; command ) but this syntax doesn'nt seems to work.
Is there really no solution ?
# 5  
Old 03-22-2005
Not by any means an rsh expert but I would try ". ~user/.profile ; command"

Perhaps someone else has another suggestion if that does not work.
# 6  
Old 03-22-2005
Yes, this form works but .profile and command are executed in 2 differents processes so the environment defined in .profile is not known by the second process.

Another idea?
# 7  
Old 03-22-2005
Create a script to run on the second system that sources the .profile and runs the command you want to run.

To source the .profile in a script or on a command line(assuming you are in the home directory): $ . ./.profile
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