Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!drears@ARDEC.arpa From: drears@ARDEC.arpa (FSAC) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: execing a shell & .profile Message-ID: <8528@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 13:49:40 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-adm.8528 Posted: Tue Jul 28 13:49:40 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jul-87 00:49:12 EDT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 15 At our site we are running Ultrik 2.0 on a vax 8600. We have created several group accounts that people (if they are in the right group) access through a setuid program that has the same name as the group account. The program sets up a environment for them and then execs /bin/sh. The person is then placed in that group account. What I would like to do is have the shell execute the .profile and possibly /etc/profile. Is there any way I can tell /bin/sh to execute .profile or /etc/profile? I know I can have the user type . .profile but I do not want this. Dennis P.S. /bin/sh is actually an old version of the BRL shell.