I would suggest creating a .bashrc file sourcing .bash_profile
Most of my systems use the .bashrc file, no longer a .bash_profile, but add 
the source for legacy use.

cat << EOF > .bashrc
#!/bin/bash

source ~/.bash_profile

EOF

Nathan

On Tuesday 18 July 2006 11:10, Craig White wrote:
> I have a problem with 'ingres' user which I have a home directory within
> a deeper tree.
>
> When I 'su - ingres' the current working directory is indeed the ingres
> users home directory but the .bash_profile (644 perms) doesn't get
> loaded and while I can manually 'source' the file to load it, it really
> needs to be automatic. What issues might be stopping that from
> occurring?
>
> Craig
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