Re: Linux profile - a little offtopic

2001-07-02 Thread Peter McLarty
Hi . profile and its associates for the other shells need only be read only for the user. It is common behavior on a production server to have the majority of users profiles linked to a central profile file so it is only editable by the System Admin. This keeps a potential security hole at bay

Re: Linux profile - a little offtopic

2001-07-01 Thread Jared Still
Kimberly, Since .profile is of little use unless sourced, why make it executable? Maybe I missed something here, but I've never used an executable .profile. Jared On Sunday 01 July 2001 11:15, Kimberly Smith wrote: > Also, make sure the .profile is executable. It isn't by default > usually.

RE: Linux profile - a little offtopic

2001-07-01 Thread Kimberly Smith
Also, make sure the .profile is executable. It isn't by default usually. Also make sure the oracle account is setup to use a shell that the .profile actually applies to. For example, ksh (my personal favoriate). C shell uses the .login. -Original Message- Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001

Re: Linux profile - a little offtopic

2001-06-30 Thread Rangachari Sundar
hi, In linux it is bash shell and you have to change you bash_profile of oracle and not the .profile file. check that out Csillag Zsolt wrote: > Hi, > > Since I'd like to install Oracle for Linux, I need to change the profile for > user 'oracle'. > > I edited the .profile file located in /home

Re: Linux profile - a little offtopic

2001-06-30 Thread George Schlossnagle
also, try man bash (or whatever your shell is). It will explain what files are sourced under which circumstances. george On Saturday, June 30, 2001, at 01:20 PM, Gregory Conron wrote: > On June 30, 2001 01:30 pm, Csillag Zsolt wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Since I'd like to install Oracle for Linux, I

Re: Linux profile - a little offtopic

2001-06-30 Thread Richard Ji
What shell are you using? Different shell uses different startup filename. If you are using bash, then it's .bashrc >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/30/01 12:30PM >>> Hi, Since I'd like to install Oracle for Linux, I need to change the profile for user 'oracle'. I edited the .profile file located in /

Re: Linux profile - a little offtopic

2001-06-30 Thread Gregory Conron
On June 30, 2001 01:30 pm, Csillag Zsolt wrote: > Hi, > > Since I'd like to install Oracle for Linux, I need to change the > profile for user 'oracle'. > > I edited the .profile file located in /home/oracle folder but it > seems to me that this isn't the file that Linux loads at startup. Take a l

Linux profile - a little offtopic

2001-06-30 Thread Csillag Zsolt
Hi, Since I'd like to install Oracle for Linux, I need to change the profile for user 'oracle'. I edited the .profile file located in /home/oracle folder but it seems to me that this isn't the file that Linux loads at startup. T.I.A. Zsolt Csillag, Hungary -- Please see the official ORACLE-