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Environment variable explicitly set on /etc/profile is lost on Arch

This was my /etc/profile before I modified it. $ cat /etc/profile # /etc/profile # Append "$1" to $PATH when not already in. # This function API is accessible to scripts in /etc/profile.d ...
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split PATH variable INTO few lines

I have split my PATH variable into few lines, in the file to make them easier to read because it's very long, as I had seen here. This is what I changed in my /etc/profile: # PATH="/usr/share/...
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/etc/profile.d/sh.local

I am trying to delete/remove /etc/profile.d/sh.local (not using it and a security scan flags it) from the system when the system is built but, it is not working. I thought /etc/profile.d/sh.local is ...
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Why this exec command only works in zshrc but not in profile?

This question is going to be so simple but I need to know how this just works in on side but in other place don't, to end ssh sesion when tmux closes I used the answer proposed in this link: https://...
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Why RStudio is not picking up environment variables defined in $HOME/.bashrc

I use Arch Linux. I use SSDM as display manager, but I have disabled it with: sudo systemctl disable sddm I have put code in /etc/profile, $HOME/.bash_profile and $HOME/.bashrc to echo when those ...
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How to reliably choose audio profiles/sinks/ports from the command line?

I have a Linux box (Fedora 38 KDE with PipeWire) that has an internal speaker (I.S.) (reasonable quality to play notifications, TTS, etc), and I have a nice set of external speakers (E.S.) to play ...
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Unable to create a new Gmail profile (account) in Mozilla Thunderbird

Received error message: Signing in at server is not possible. Probably incorrect configuration, user name or password Creating the mail profile with following features (automatically configured by ...
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How do I export functions from profile.d scripts for use in interactive shells?

I have some scripts that I install in /etc/profile.d which define functions that should be exported and made available on the command line. Example script looks like: # This function should be ...
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My $PATH differs from that stated in /etc/profile

This is my entire /etc/profile. # /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1)) # and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...). if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ];...
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Pulseaudio will not retain default device config and crashes lxpanel

No matter what I try to get pulseaudio to use the default devices i've listed in the config it just reverts back to whatever it wants for some reason. user config has no default devices entered. It ...
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Tool that measures single command CPU/Memory usage?

Are there any usefull tools that can measure the CPU/Memory usage of a single command? I want something like: cpu_mem_perf some_executable args1 args2 and cpu_mem_perf will print the CPU/Memory ...
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Debian /bin/sh in a Docker container never seems to look at .profile

I can not seem to get dash to look at $HOME/.profile: pedz@Peace:s001 ~[S:hatred] % docker exec -it hatred-web-1 dash -i # cat $HOME/.profile PROOF=true; export PROOF PATH=/hatred/bin:$PATH; export ...
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Script in /etc/profile.d prevents me from logging in, is it possible to fix it?

OS: Zorin I put a .sh script into /etc/profile.d to fix an issue I had with an application. The script was this nautilus . & killall nautilus exit 0 Now when I try to log in, I just get returned ...
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I am not sure about correct way to export PATH

I have Java and Springboot cli added to PATH however, when source /etc/profile it gives error. And on restarting PC, BASH is not loading. My export in /etc/profile export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1....
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loading variables from bashrc or bash_profile does not work

I have a script with some logic to check if the script is being run in interactive mode or not. Both bashrc and bash_profile contain the same environment variables I exported. I want to load these ...
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Where PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH should be set in zsh shell?

In my current environment (Fedora35, zsh user shell, oh-my-zsh, pyenv), ~/.local/bin is not present in the path. The question is where is the "right" place to add ? Several options are ...
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Why is the lifespan of variables exported in .bashrc and .profile different?

If a variable is exported from .profile, it is present in all the terminals I open after log in, even though the variable was exported only once at the log in time. If a variable is exported from ....
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What sources /etc/profile?

I think /etc/profile is sourced when the system starts but what sources it? It is not sourced within the .bashrc hierarchy when a user logs in. I am using Ubuntu but I believe this is universal across ...
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How can I source environment changes system-wide?

In most *nix environments using bash, you'll change environment variables that are local to your user in ~/.bash_profile or a similar file and then source the changed file in order to make the changes ...
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Could setting the permission on these files to 600 render my OS unusable? .bash_logout, .bashrc, .profile

I rely heavily on aliases in my .bashrc and it crossed my mind that I could improve my privacy / security and somewhat harden my Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop by changing recursively the permissions of my home ...
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Finding duplicate aliases and functions in a script (.bashrc etc)

This site says that functions are faster than aliases, but he rightly points out that aliases are easier to understand - when you want something very simple and do not need to consider passing ...
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How to source /etc/profile for Remote Desktop Sessions

I want to set up a server with some functions and aliases available for all users. I set these up initially in a file in /etc/profile.d and everything was working fine both from: SSH Local desktop (...
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Two Data Entries After Converting BTRFS Profile

I ran the following command on a BTRFS volume in order to convert the data profile from single to DUP (I'm looking to provide duplicate data on this volume to be able to repair possible bit rot ...
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Why does man complain about a function defined in .profile?

I use Bash 5.1.8. Running man shows the manual page but with the following errors man ps sh: bat: line 10: syntax error near unexpected token `(' sh: bat: line 10: ` *.?(ba)sh)' sh: error importing ...
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Gentoo invalid profile

So. Been going at the gentoo install without proper instructions until very recently. After emerge-webrsync stage of the install a message pops up saying "your current profile is invalid". ...
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Konsole does not have permission to save this profile to /home/aravindakrishnan/.local/share/konsole/Profile 2.profile

I'm using KDE Neon on Debian. When I'm trying to change my profile It says Konsole does not have permission to save this profile to /home/username/.local/share/Konsole/Profile 2.profile: ls -l /home/...
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Need to set a new default path for command in Linux

Basically, what the title says. I'm setting up a new version of LUA and HAProxy under my user account in Redhat, so the bin directory that contains it is /home/user1/testing/usr/local/bin. I've ...
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How can I configure tmux to make only the first window of each session load a login shell (& all other subsequent panes/windows as non-login shells)?

Hopefully the title of this post is descriptive enough. As well-documented in the tmux manuals, tmux launches a login shell every time a new tmux window or pane (split) is launched. Instead, how can I ...
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Simple Process Profiling Tool

I need to profile a linux process and record high water marks for cpu/mem and also ideally produce a usage graph. Are there any simple command line tools to achieve this? I have looked at top command ...
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.profile file loaded on starting VSCode

in my .profile i have these two lines daemon plank daemon autokey what these basically do is start plank(dock application) and autokey(custom shortcut maker) on startup, it is working fine but the ...
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Trying to understand .bashrc, .profile, etc.. files

I am trying to understand the relation among the files .bashrc, .profile, .bash_profile, etc... as well as the meaning of login/non login shells, interactive/non interactive shells, etc... Every ...
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How to start Firefox multiple isolated sessions with same profile?

I use proxychains utility with firefox. I want to start the firefox profile twice, but with other proxychains parameters. But I can't, when I try to run the second instance of firefox with the same ...
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Exporting environment variables in `.profile` with a bash and-list construct

I am using gdm3 as my login manager. Upon login, all the PATH modifications in my .profile are set and exported correctly. For example, lines like these below work fine: if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ]...
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Debian 10: Setting PATH variable inside .profile does not work

I'm currently running Debian 10 Xfce and I would like to update my PATH variable to include /opt/bin and ~/.local/bin. As per these - 1 2 answers, I put the following lines in my ~/.profile file: if [ ...
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How to securely store credentials needed in a profile.d script?

Disclaimer: I'm working on Ubuntu 20.04, but I assume my question is unrelated to a specific Linux distribution. I've searched the Internet for quite some time and found lots of other similar ...
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Keyboard conf at `/etc/profile` does not work

This is a script that I can source or run to setup my keyboard layout: #!/bin/bash # Testing to only apply the layout to Kinesis keyboard. # Get Device ID with: `xinput -list | grep -i key debug_out=/...
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what makes the different behaviour between zsh login init and manually sourcing profile script?

I want to add a function to precmd_functions at ZSH login and avoid duplication. Since /etc/zprofile source the /etc/profile, which then source all the *.sh script under /etc/profile.d/, my solution ...
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Prevent ``/etc/profile.d`` from being sourced on login

I just noticed my environment is behaving erratically because at some point this alias got introduced in /etc/profile.d/vim.sh: $ command -v vim alias vim='__vi_internal_vim_alias' Looking through ...
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Why does Centos7 run /etc/profile.d scripts from both /etc/profile AND /etc/bashrc?

Centos7 has the following in /etc/profile: for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh /etc/profile.d/sh.local ; do if [ -r "$i" ]; then if [ "${-#*i}" != "$-" ]; then ...
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Why can't I source function definitions into .bashrc read by .profile?

I have 3 config files: .bashrc sources .bashrc_common, and .profile sources .bashrc. Unfortunately, upon login to Gnome I get an error message saying that in .bashrc command foo was not found. But if ...
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unshare -r: Failed to connect to bus: Operation not permitted

When I run unshare -r, I get Failed to connect to bus: Operation not permitted The id still shows I'm root, ❯ id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),65534(nogroup) What does this error/warning ...
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Remove starting command from .profile

Where can be command that produces this error? These are my dot files: echo .* .3T .CFUserTextEncoding .Rapp.history .Trash .android .angular-config.json .atom .atomic .babel.json .bash_history ....
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Ubuntu terminal not showing path

I have added one line in bashrc and after that terminal is not working as expected, no path is showing and I am unable to run any command: Below line i have added in bashrc: . ~/.profile
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With systemd, should environmental variables ever be declared in ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc?

It seems to me like with environment.d now sourcing environmental variables in ~/.config/environment.d/*.conf that we should no longer have environmental variables declared in ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile ...
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bash: __vte_prompt_command: command not found

Everytime I open a command terminal or press enter the above error message show up.Does no harm but very annoying. ~/.bash_profile is here # .bash_profile # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/....
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My terminal has stopped sourcing my .profile file

I installed starship (https://starship.rs/) the other day to make my prompt more useful, and as cool as it is, it broke a number of things about my terminal so I uninstalled it. Unfortunately, even ...
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Clarification re: ZSH startup/shutdown files

I just upgraded to macOS Catalina and the new shell is ZSH. So, since it's a fresh start, I'm trying to set up my shell environment with aliases, functions, etc. like I had in bash. I'm trying to ...
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centos which file to edit to get .bash_profile running?

I want to know which file to edit in order to launch my .bash_profile when I graphically start the terminal. I am using an AWS Workspace with the following OS and the default MATE terminal. $ cat /...
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track environment changes upon login

Is there any way to track which files and which commands are executed when logging in? I've made some changes to the /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc file but they don't seem to be picked up when I login ...
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Change NetworkManager connection file location

I'm trying to move the connection profile generated by the Network Manager from /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections to another position and to be able to activate it among multiple sessions after a ...
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