auto launching a script upon login
Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.
joseph_sacco at comcast.net
Mon May 16 08:56:18 MDT 2005
Or modify the default user's .bash_profile
# .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
-Joseph
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On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 10:45 -0400, Mark Guertin wrote:
> If you're booting into the GUI env (init 5 - which is the default)
> then you can probably add this to the ~/.xinitrc file and get what
> you want.
>
> Mark
>
> On May 16, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Jonathan Hartje wrote:
>
> > All,
> > I have a YDL 4.0.1 laptop that automatically logs a user in on
> > startup. Does anyone know of a config file I can use to launch a
> > set of scripts when that user logs in. The machine is slated to be
> > a demo machine and thus I want the process to be as simple as
> > possible. I have a top level script TOP_LEVEL.sh that I'd like to
> > be run as soon as my default user logs in. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Jon
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