Re: telnet logins

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:43:22 -0500

In article <1105464688.326502.161380@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
 "Randy" <yates@ieee.org> wrote:

> > Randy <y...@ieee.org> wrote:
> > > Is it conventional to exclude the x-client directory (on my system
> its
> > > /usr/openwin/bin) from the path when logging in over a telnet
> session?
> >
> > *exclude*, no. However it's pretty common to not have it in the
> default
> > path, but add it when logging in via a graphical interface, or when
> > starting X windows.
>
> Semantics. Are we "excluding" or "choosing not to add"?

There's usually a separate initialization file for X logins, e.g.
.xinitrc, as well as various system scripts that are run by XDM or
startx. These X-specific scripts typically add the directories
containing GUI applications.

When you do a text login, you never execute these scripts, so none of
the X stuff is added to your path. It's not just telnet logins that are
affected by this. If you use the option to get a plain console login,
you also won't have these scripts executed. 

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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