Re: .profile not being run

From: Dan Martin (dcmartin_at_affinitycorp.com)
Date: 12/24/03 

Date: 24 Dec 2003 06:25:23 -0800

"Scott" <scott@eurolife.xxx.co.uk> wrote in message news:<vuis3qfpdjf5d2@corp.supernews.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I'm running SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 on a Dell PowerEdge 2300.
> This morning, for a short period (maybe around 10mins?), anyone who logged
> in did not have their $HOME/.profile run, it appears as if /etc/profile was
> being run though.
> Users were just being dumped at Bourne shell prompt (scary!).
> I think I remember that this has happened once before, but it seemed to
> correct itself.
> The profiles are not symbolically linked, and are normal files owned by the
> user and have rw permission.
>
> What could possibly cause this? And how can I prevent if from occuring
> again?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Scott.

Scott,
Have them do a
pwd
at the shell prompt.
Check that the filesystem where the home directories reside
is mounted.
Good luck, and Merry Christmas,
Dan