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Old 05-15-2014, 08:49 AM   #1
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should ~/.bashrc run in an ssh session?


I thought my ~/.bashrc script should be executed when I ssh to a shared Centos system.

I tested and determined that it is not.

Is something configured wrong in that Centos system, that I should ask our IT person to correct? Or is it normal for ssh to start a bash session without using ~/.bashrc?

If it is normal for ~/.bashrc to not be executed, is there a better place I should put the commands that I want executed each time I log in via ssh?
 
Old 05-15-2014, 09:14 AM   #2
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~/.bash_profile gets executed and it usually contains the setup to source ~/.bashrc if it exists. Something like:

Code:
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi
 
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Old 05-15-2014, 09:17 AM   #3
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I thought my ~/.bashrc script should be executed when I ssh to a shared Centos system.

I tested and determined that it is not.
I assume you've checked that your actual login shell is set to bash?
 
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Solved: I had not understood the relationship between .bashrc and .bash_profile and I did not have a .bash_profile file.

Once I knew (from MensaWater's post) what to google search for, it was easy to find the relationship between the two and decide that for simple situations, like I have, my .bash_profile file should exist and should source .bashrc

Now it all works.
 
Old 05-15-2014, 10:11 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by johnsfine View Post
Solved: I had not understood the relationship between .bashrc and .bash_profile and I did not have a .bash_profile file.

Once I knew (from MensaWater's post) what to google search for, it was easy to find the relationship between the two and decide that for simple situations, like I have, my .bash_profile file should exist and should source .bashrc

Now it all works.
Keep in mind that not all distros work that way. OpenSUSE, for example, does not have a .bash_profile file but it does have a functioning .bashrc. It depends on how /etc/profile is configured on each particular distro.
 
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