In a previous message, Michael Satterwhite wrote:

SuSE 9.0 KDE

Is there a way to execute a command when a user logs in?

Yes. What do you actually want to do? If there's a GUI app you want started, you can either run it manually and save the session (if the app supports sessions) or put a shortcut into a ~/Desktop/Autostart directory. If it's a command-line thing then you can either put it into ~/Desktop/Autostart or add it to your ~/.profile or similar. HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 June 2004 09:27, John Pettigrew wrote:

In a previous message, Michael Satterwhite wrote:

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SuSE 9.0 KDE

Is there a way to execute a command when a user logs in?

Yes.

What do you actually want to do? If there's a GUI app you want started, you can either run it manually and save the session (if the app supports sessions) or put a shortcut into a ~/Desktop/Autostart directory. If it's a command-line thing then you can either put it into ~/Desktop/Autostart or add it to your ~/.profile or similar.

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 June 2004 09:51, MANU wrote:

El Martes, 1 de Junio de 2004 16:13, Michael Satterwhite escribió:

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SuSE 9.0 KDE

Is there a way to execute a command when a user logs in?

Hello Michael: I have cut out this extract from $HOME/.bashrc:

Thanks for the suggestion. I did know about .bashrc and gave some thought to it, but it wouldn't have done the job as it executes everytime you start a command shell; I just wanted the command to run when the user logged in, not on each invocation of a console. John gave me what I needed with the Autostart directory. Thanks again. It's great the way people here help out. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAvJwVjeziQOokQnARAkxoAJ45/Li4udrVuKKpYlQ+NJKQdcA5nQCfQLmG 0lceA/QEiV2QoZVjZllI3Xc= =2nTL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

* Fergus Wilde; on 01 Jun, 2004 wrote:

On Tuesday 01 June 2004 15:13, Michael Satterwhite wrote:

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SuSE 9.0 KDE

Is there a way to execute a command when a user logs in?

Yes - several ways, I think, and depending on things like their login shell. One way that works in pdksh, for example, is to put

exec [your command] in .profile. In SuSE, they're probably using bash, and you have to figure out what dotfile to use for your particular case, and I can't remember. I recently saw a good summary - the Unofficial FAQ?

http://susefaq.sourceforge.net/howto/bash.html and look for ~/.bash_login also maybe ~/.bash_logout ~/.bash_login doesn't exist by default. You can create it and put custom commands here that you only want to happen once when you first login. If this file exists, then the ~/.profile will not run. Normally, this is not a problem since ~/.profile does not do much and the ~/.bashrc gets sourced from /etc/profile. -- Togan Muftuoglu | Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer | Please reply to the list; http://susefaq.sf.net | Please don't put me in TO/CC. Nisi defectum, haud refiecendum

El Martes, 1 de Junio de 2004 16:13, Michael Satterwhite escribió:

SuSE 9.0 KDE

Is there a way to execute a command when a user logs in?

Hello Michael: I have cut out this extract from $HOME/.bashrc: # There are 3 different types of shells in bash: the login shell, normal shell # and interactive shell. Login shells read ~/.profile and interactive shells # read ~/.bashrc; in our setup, /etc/profile sources ~/.bashrc - thus all # settings made here will also take effect in a login shell. # # NOTE: It is recommended to make language settings in ~/.profile rather than # here, since multilingual X sessions would not work properly if LANG is over- # ridden in every subshell. Hope this will help. Greetings.