Thursday, July 10, 2008

Understanding Unix ENVIRONMENT

Understanding Unix ENVIRONMENT while logging.

When you login to UNIX environment, keep in mind that following configuratin files are generally run in a specified order.

  • Systemwide configuration files (such as /etc/profile) run first upon login if they exist.
  • Configuration files specific to your unix account run next if they are available (such as ~/.profile and ~/.kshrc)
  • It means that personal configuration files override the system one

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