+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #191233 +++ Description of problem: When bash starts up as the user's default shell it executes /etc/profile and hence /etc/profile.d/*.sh. For non-login shells (say bash -c "echo FOO") /etc/profile and /etc/profile.d/*.sh are NOT executed. This is the expected behavior. Users that use tcsh as their default shell do not behave in the same way. The scripts /etc/profile.d/*.csh are executed for ALL shells. This is because the /etc/profile.d/*.csh files are sourced from /etc/csh.cshrc. They SHOULD be sourced from /etc/csh.login instead. This bug is present in all versions of RHEL and Fedora Core. To reproduce: 1. Create a file "test.csh" (755) in /etc/profile.d containing: --- #!/bin/tcsh echo "FOO" --- 2. Login as a user with tcsh as the default shell. You'll note that "FOO" appears on your display. 3. Execute a non-login tcsh shell by running: tcsh -c "echo BAR" The following appears on your screen: FOO BAR The expected result should be: BAR -- Additional comment from burt on 2007-05-29 12:48 EST -- FYI, this inconsistency affected us here recently -- a command was added to /etc/profile.d (aklog) which was appropriate for login shells, but not for non-login shells (which get spawned by 'less', for instance). As Jack suggested, /etc/profile.d/*.csh should get sourced from csh.login (or should be wrapped with an if ( ${?loginsh} ). -- Additional comment from pknirsch on 2008-02-22 11:35 EST -- Suggesting for RHEL-4.8 with Devel ACK. Read ya, Phil -- Additional comment from pknirsch on 2008-02-22 12:05 EST -- Still in RHEL-4.7 planing, so reflagging for RHEL-4.7 Read ya, Phil -- Additional comment from pm-rhel on 2008-02-22 12:08 EST -- This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion, but this component is not scheduled to be updated in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. If you would like this request to be reviewed for the next minor release, ask your support representative to set the next rhel-x.y flag to "?".
Via #299221 this is included in the next rawhide package