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Re: [Help-bash] Non-interactive login shell does not use /etc/profile


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] Non-interactive login shell does not use /etc/profile
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:49:07 -0500
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On 1/13/17 9:48 AM, John Lane wrote:
> If you start a bash non-interactive login shell using the leading hyphen
> method then the /etc/profile is not used. It is used if the -l option is
> used or if the hyphen method is used with an interactive shell.

This is a compile-time option controlled by a define in config-top.h:
NON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS.  It's not defined by default.  Some vendors
change the default.

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