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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