Nancy, Catch this. I agree with Jim on this one. This is actually the way the Sanchez Banking Systems are set up on AIX UNIX. Like Jim said, there is a shell script to load all the environment variables and start mumps with a specific routine. User accounts are assigned this shell script so that when they login they never see Unix/Linux or Mumps, they are take directly to the application. When they end the application they are fully logged out.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Self Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Mystery solved Nancy, This sort of problem is just one of the reasons why I think that it is better to set up a shell script specifically for starting up VistA (or any other GT.M application) rather than defining the necessary environment variables etc in your shell initialization. It seems to me that most VistA users would login directly to VistA and would not even have a login account on Linux, while programmers and sysadmins would very likely access multiple GT.M databases with multiple sets of MUMPS routines and multiple versions and possibly even multiple versions of GT.M Nancy wrote: >I just spent a frustrating couple of hours with no Internet connection, >trying to figure out why the heck all of those lovely exports of >gtm_dist and the alias entries in .bash_profile were not showing up in >env and alias listings, and not functioning. > >My son finally wandered in and, ever helpful, sshed into my machine to >check out my syntax in the .bash_profile file, typed in env and alias, >and there they were, no problem. He also tested them. They worked fine. > >Now that REALLY did it. Not only was I frustrated, I was nuts! > >So I dragged my kid over to sit down and try it on my machine directly. >Fortunately, my machine cooperated by doing the same thing to him that >it did to me. I was saved from being committed, at least for one more >day. > >About then the modem started working and we got our answer. > >It turns out that, at least in Fedora Core 2, when you use a Konsole or >terminal, .bashrc is called and that is where all of the exports and >aliases need to be. If you work from a "login shell" like when you ssh >into the machine, the .bash_profile is used. > >So, maybe we need to change or note that in our scripts and install >instructions before others get the same unnecessary blood pressure >elevation I did! --------------------------------------- Jim Self Systems Architect, Lead Developer VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
