Bug 178884

Summary:	Login via gdm does not source /etc/profile
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Mirko Streckenbach <strecken>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Mirko Streckenbach 2006-01-25 06:56:38 UTC

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Description of problem:
If a user logs in via gdm, /etc/profile does not seem to be parsed.
It gets parsed if the user logs in on a tty.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm-2.13.0.4-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. login via gdm
2. start an xterm or gnome-terminal
3. 

Actual Results:  variables defined in the various /etc/profile.d/* scripts are NOT set.
E.g. /usr/kerberos/bin is missing from PATH if you have krb5-workstation installed.

This does not happen if you login in on a tty.


Expected Results:  the environment defined by /etc/profile should be sourced on a login via gdm


Additional info:

Comment 1 Ray Strode [halfline] 2006-01-25 15:59:52 UTC

Are you using bash?

If so, if you upgrade to the version of bash in rawhide does your problem go away?

Comment 2 Mirko Streckenbach 2006-01-26 06:57:46 UTC

Yes, login shell is bash.

Upgrade to bash-3.1-5 solved the problem.

Many thanks for the quick solution.