ibook won't sleep in KDE?

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Sean:

Thanks for the detailed explanation:

On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 08:58  PM, Sean Kelley wrote:
> /etc/profile is sourced when you login. If you are logging in as root, 
> certain things will be done such as adding /sbin to your PATH.
>
> [... very detailed and smart explanation snipped ...]
>
> It is checking to see if you are ROOT by invoking id -u. Then it is 
> adding those directories to your PATH.

So (let me get this straight), there is a file, /etc/profile, that 
defines lots of login variables (is this only for bash, or for all 
shells?). This file is smart enough that it can define some defaults 
for root, and others for regular users. Very cool!

> It also is sourced when you login as your username, but since you are 
> not root certain things are not done.

Aha. Then I suppose if there were new features I wanted all users to 
enjoy (say, a new PATH), then there is probably a way to include them 
in this file, right? Very nice.

Thanks!

Best wishes,
Clint
(who wants to fly like Superuser)

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