Hi Gurus,

I am a moderate linux user. I have doubts about user profile, in an environment, where user's home directories are at NAS and binding and user authentication are done using NIS.

The above is the short description about the setup in my company. Kindly describe and elaborate the uses and features of user profile.

Thank to all the linux gurus.

Cheers!
Saleem.

Not quite sure what you're asking. Files that begin with a dot are hidden configuration files in Linux, usually for an application. If they are in /home/user, then they are application configuration files for that user. So /home/user/.bashrc contains that user's BASH preferences. There can also be hidden folders such as /home/user/.kde, which contains KDE's configuration files for that user.

Thanks for your reply. Through my question, i wanted to know, what are the uses of .login and .cshrc, which are related to user profiles, in an environment as discussed in my question.

I work as a support engineer for RedHat 3.* and RedHat 4.*...one of the user was moved from one room to the other room. Since we use static IP's, hence i configured a new IP and the user was able to login and access the network and all.

But what he couldn't do is that, few of the links that he created for the directories that are stored in storages, were not accessible from new location, where as he was not having any problem in accessing them the day before from his previous location.

Since those directories are accessible by other users, hence, i doubt that his profile might have got affected (if not corrupted).

Hence i wanted to know what are the uses of .cshrc, .login and many other files that fall into the category of user profile.

Thank you. Please help at the earliest.

Cheers!
Saleem.