Inside Solaris™ 9

Setting Up Shell Initialization Files

As system administrator, when setting up a user’s home directory, you also need to set up the shell initialization files for the user’s login shell (also called user initialization files). A shell initialization file is a shell script that runs automatically each time the user logs in. The initialization file will set up the work environment and customize the shell environment for the user. The primary job of the shell initialization file is to define the user’s shell environment, such as the search path, environment variables, and windowing environment. Each UNIX shell has its own shell initialization file (or files) located in the user’s home directory. This is described next.

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