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[LDM #NYK-599005]: Trying to start LDM at startup

corepuncher,

Putting user-specific definitions into the system-wide profile-file subjects 
all users on the system to those definitions regardless of their relevancy; 
consequently, it is not recommended.

Conventionally, environment variable definitions are put into the user's 
profile-file (e.g., "~/.bash_profile"), the profile-file includes the 
runtime-configuration file (e.g., "~/.bashrc"), and the runtime-configuration 
file includes the system runtime-configuration file (e.g., "/etc/bashrc").

> hmm..
> 
> if I do this with SINGLE quotes:
> 
> root@SERVER:~# su - ldm -c 'echo $SHELL; echo $PATH'
> /bin/bash
> /home/ldm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
> 
> but with double quotes:
> 
> root@SERVER:~# su - ldm -c "echo $SHELL; echo $PATH"
> /bin/bash
> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/home/gempak/NAWIPS/os/linux64/bin:/home/gempak/NAWIPS/bin:/home/ldm/decoders:/home/ldm/util:/home/ldm/bin
> 
> Then the commands as "ldm":
> 
> ldm@SERVER:~$ echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash
> ldm@SERVER:~$ echo $PATH
> /home/ldm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/home/gempak/NAWIPS/os/linux64/bin:/home/gempak/NAWIPS/bin:/home/ldm/decoders:/home/ldm/util:/home/ldm/bin
> 
> I added the ldm path stuff to Gemenviron.profile. I thought that would take
> care of it all, but maybe not.  I source Gemenviron.profile in
> /etc/bash.bashrc. Perhaps I need to also place it in /etc/profile?
> 
> 
> FIXED !!!
> 
> I put this back in /home/ldm/.profile:
> 
> . /home/gempak/NAWIPS/Gemenviron.profile
> 
> Somehow, that fixed it. Which confuses me, b/c I also source this line in
> /etc/bash.bashrc, which I thought applied to "every" user.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NYK-599005
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed