`/etc/profile` is not getting executed on logon

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I have certain scripts that I want to run system wide. When I try on the konsole, it doesn’t show the flag variable I have which is used to check if configuration worked. But when I use the TTY shell from CTRL + ALT + F3, and then login (no GUI) it sources the /etc/profile, as I can see that variable in the env output.

I checked in plain archlinux (vagrant latest box archlinux/archlinux), sourcing of /etc/profile on bash login works, even in that case changing the profile script and running bash --login works.

Note: Please do not message if you have solution related to bashrc thing"

2

Perhaps there’s incorrect formatting or a typo?

Please post your /etc/profile using preformatted text.

3

Nope, I don’t think so. Because when I manually source it in the konsole, it works. Also as I mentioned it is working in tty shell.

However, this is my content

# /etc/profile

# Append "$1" to $PATH when not already in.
# This function API is accessible to scripts in /etc/profile.d
append_path () {
    case ":$PATH:" in
        *:"$1":*)
            ;;
        *)
            PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}$1"
    esac
}

# Append our default paths
append_path '/usr/local/sbin'
append_path '/usr/local/bin'
append_path '/usr/bin'

# Force PATH to be environment
export PATH

# Load profiles from /etc/profile.d
if test -d /etc/profile.d/; then
        for profile in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
                test -r "$profile" && . "$profile"
        done
        unset profile
fi

# Unload our profile API functions
unset -f append_path

# Source global bash config, when interactive but not posix or sh mode
if test "$BASH" &&\
   test "$PS1" &&\
   test -z "$POSIXLY_CORRECT" &&\
   test "${0#-}" != sh &&\
   test -r /etc/bash.bashrc
then
        . /etc/bash.bashrc
fi

# Termcap is outdated, old, and crusty, kill it.
unset TERMCAP

# Man is much better than us at figuring this out
unset MANPATH
4

That’s just the default. Where are your customizations? :thinking:

Either way, you should create your configuration files in /etc/profile.d/ instead of directly editing /etc/profile.

Maybe you’re thinking of /etc/evironment?

Please be more detailed to begin with. If we don’t know what you’re actually trying to do, no one can help.

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7

Oh that is in the /etc/profile.d

If you want to reproduce this, you might want to bash-it from AUR this is my package which is not sourcing properly

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bash-it

yes but there is further scripts "source"d in it. So I am exporting the environments along that

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Now it is the problem with source "$BASH_IT"/bash_it.sh line (last line in the content)

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
echo "sourcing"
case $- in
  *i*) ;;
    *) return;;
esac

# Path to the bash it configuration
export BASH_IT="/opt/bash-it"
echo ■■■■■■■ dir $BASH_IT"

# Lock and Load a custom theme file.
# Leave empty to disable theming.
# location /.bash_it/themes/
export BASH_IT_THEME='bobby'
echo "THEME $BASH_IT_THEME"

# Some themes can show whether `sudo` has a current token or not.
# Set `$THEME_CHECK_SUDO` to `true` to check every prompt:
#THEME_CHECK_SUDO='true'

# (Advanced): Change this to the name of your remote repo if you
# cloned bash-it with a remote other than origin such as `bash-it`.
# export BASH_IT_REMOTE='bash-it'

# (Advanced): Change this to the name of the main development branch if
# you renamed it or if it was changed for some reason
# export BASH_IT_DEVELOPMENT_BRANCH='master'

# Your place for hosting Git repos. I use this for private repos.
export GIT_HOSTING='git@git.domain.com'

# Don't check mail when opening terminal.
unset MAILCHECK

# Change this to your console based IRC client of choice.
export IRC_CLIENT='irssi'

# Set this to the command you use for todo.txt-cli
export TODO="t"

# Set this to the location of your work or project folders
#BASH_IT_PROJECT_PATHS="${HOME}/Projects:/Volumes/work/src"

# Set this to false to turn off version control status checking within the prompt for all themes
export SCM_CHECK=true
# Set to actual location of gitstatus directory if installed
#export SCM_GIT_GITSTATUS_DIR="$HOME/gitstatus"
# per default gitstatus uses 2 times as many threads as CPU cores, you can change this here if you must
#export GITSTATUS_NUM_THREADS=8

# Set Xterm/screen/Tmux title with only a short hostname.
# Uncomment this (or set SHORT_HOSTNAME to something else),
# Will otherwise fall back on $HOSTNAME.
#export SHORT_HOSTNAME=$(hostname -s)

# Set Xterm/screen/Tmux title with only a short username.
# Uncomment this (or set SHORT_USER to something else),
# Will otherwise fall back on $USER.
#export SHORT_USER=${USER:0:8}

# If your theme use command duration, uncomment this to
# enable display of last command duration.
#export BASH_IT_COMMAND_DURATION=true
# You can choose the minimum time in seconds before
# command duration is displayed.
#export COMMAND_DURATION_MIN_SECONDS=1

# Set Xterm/screen/Tmux title with shortened command and directory.
# Uncomment this to set.
#export SHORT_TERM_LINE=true

# Set vcprompt executable path for scm advance info in prompt (demula theme)
# https://github.com/djl/vcprompt
#export VCPROMPT_EXECUTABLE=~/.vcprompt/bin/vcprompt

# (Advanced): Uncomment this to make Bash-it reload itself automatically
# after enabling or disabling aliases, plugins, and completions.
# export BASH_IT_AUTOMATIC_RELOAD_AFTER_CONFIG_CHANGE=1

# Uncomment this to make Bash-it create alias reload.
# export BASH_IT_RELOAD_LEGACY=1

# Load Bash It
source "${BASH_IT}/bash_it.sh"
echo "${BASH_IT}/bash_it.sh"

[tbhaxor@h3ll ~]$ cat ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 
#!/usr/bin/env bash

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
case $- in
  *i*) ;;
    *) return;;
esac

# Path to the bash it configuration
export BASH_IT="/opt/bash-it"

# Lock and Load a custom theme file.
# Leave empty to disable theming.
# location /.bash_it/themes/
export BASH_IT_THEME='bobby'

# Some themes can show whether `sudo` has a current token or not.
# Set `$THEME_CHECK_SUDO` to `true` to check every prompt:
#THEME_CHECK_SUDO='true'

# (Advanced): Change this to the name of your remote repo if you
# cloned bash-it with a remote other than origin such as `bash-it`.
# export BASH_IT_REMOTE='bash-it'

# (Advanced): Change this to the name of the main development branch if
# you renamed it or if it was changed for some reason
# export BASH_IT_DEVELOPMENT_BRANCH='master'

# Your place for hosting Git repos. I use this for private repos.
export GIT_HOSTING='git@git.domain.com'

# Don't check mail when opening terminal.
unset MAILCHECK

# Change this to your console based IRC client of choice.
export IRC_CLIENT='irssi'

# Set this to the command you use for todo.txt-cli
export TODO="t"

# Set this to the location of your work or project folders
#BASH_IT_PROJECT_PATHS="${HOME}/Projects:/Volumes/work/src"

# Set this to false to turn off version control status checking within the prompt for all themes
export SCM_CHECK=true
# Set to actual location of gitstatus directory if installed
#export SCM_GIT_GITSTATUS_DIR="$HOME/gitstatus"
# per default gitstatus uses 2 times as many threads as CPU cores, you can change this here if you must
#export GITSTATUS_NUM_THREADS=8

# Set Xterm/screen/Tmux title with only a short hostname.
# Uncomment this (or set SHORT_HOSTNAME to something else),
# Will otherwise fall back on $HOSTNAME.
#export SHORT_HOSTNAME=$(hostname -s)

# Set Xterm/screen/Tmux title with only a short username.
# Uncomment this (or set SHORT_USER to something else),
# Will otherwise fall back on $USER.
#export SHORT_USER=${USER:0:8}

# If your theme use command duration, uncomment this to
# enable display of last command duration.
#export BASH_IT_COMMAND_DURATION=true
# You can choose the minimum time in seconds before
# command duration is displayed.
#export COMMAND_DURATION_MIN_SECONDS=1

# Set Xterm/screen/Tmux title with shortened command and directory.
# Uncomment this to set.
#export SHORT_TERM_LINE=true

# Set vcprompt executable path for scm advance info in prompt (demula theme)
# https://github.com/djl/vcprompt
#export VCPROMPT_EXECUTABLE=~/.vcprompt/bin/vcprompt

# (Advanced): Uncomment this to make Bash-it reload itself automatically
# after enabling or disabling aliases, plugins, and completions.
# export BASH_IT_AUTOMATIC_RELOAD_AFTER_CONFIG_CHANGE=1

# Uncomment this to make Bash-it create alias reload.
# export BASH_IT_RELOAD_LEGACY=1

# Load Bash It
source "$BASH_IT"/bash_it.sh
8

Doesn’t .bash_profile take president when existing?

Because:

NOTE: Keep in mind how Bash loads its configuration files, .bash_profile for login shells (and in macOS in terminal emulators like Terminal.app or iTerm2) and .bashrc for interactive shells (default mode in most of the GNU/Linux terminal emulators), to ensure that Bash-it is loaded correctly. A good “practice” is sourcing .bashrc into .bash_profile to keep things working in all the scenarios. To achieve this, you can add this snippet in your .bash_profile:

https://bash-it.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/#install-options

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