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Bug 616117

Summary: ksh users can't see output from scripts in /etc/profile.d/
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
Component: setupAssignee: Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 6.0CC: azelinka, bkahn, bmason, james.brown, jwest, mhlavink, tao
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: RHELNAK
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: setup-2.8.14-11.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
When logging in to an interactive login shell, the contents of the /etc/profile script are executed in order to set up an initial environment. Messages which should have been displayed to the user upon logging in to the Korn shell (ksh) were suppressed due to an internal test to determine whether the shell is a login shell that relied upon the value of the PS1 environment variable having already been set before /etc/profile was executed. However, this environment variable is set in the Korn shell only after /etc/profile is executed, which led to messages never being displayed to Korn shell users. This update provides an alternative test that does not rely on the PS1 variable being set before /etc/profile execution, with the result that messages are properly displayed to users of the Korn shell upon login.
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: 616116 Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 11:54:32 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On: 614694, 616116    
Bug Blocks:    

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2010-07-19 17:57:51 UTC
This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker
issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

** If you would still like this issue considered for the current
release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on
your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2010-07-19 18:17:40 UTC
This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker
issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

** If you would still like this issue considered for the current
release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on
your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2010-07-19 18:37:38 UTC
This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker
issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

** If you would still like this issue considered for the current
release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on
your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **

Comment 8 Ondrej Vasik 2011-03-03 09:17:46 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
When logging in to an interactive login shell, the contents of the /etc/profile script are executed in order to set up an initial environment. Messages which should have been displayed to the user upon logging in to the Korn shell (ksh) were suppressed due to an internal test to determine whether the shell is a login shell that relied upon the value of the PS1 environment variable having already been set before /etc/profile was executed. However, this environment variable is set in the Korn shell only after /etc/profile is executed, which led to messages never being displayed to Korn shell users. This update provides an alternative test that does not rely on the PS1 variable being set before /etc/profile execution, with the result that messages are properly displayed to users of the Korn shell upon login.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 11:54:32 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0524.html