Description of problem:

/etc/profile contains the following lines:

for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
    if [ -r "$i" ]; then
        if [ "$PS1" ]; then
            . $i
        else
            . $i &>/dev/null
        fi
    fi
done

"&>" is bash specific and may cause issues if a user has a non-bash sh-like shell.  The correct syntax for portability is "> /dev/null 2>&1"

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

setup-2.5.37-3.el4.noarch.rpm (and maybe earlier)