dumb bash_profile question

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 11:14 -0700, KevinO wrote:
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> Craig White wrote:
> > I have a problem with 'ingres' user which I have a home directory within
> > a deeper tree.
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> > 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?
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> > Craig
> > 
> Does this user have a login shell account?
> 
> What OS are you running?
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sorry, yes, /bin/sh and it is Linux and this is for the backup program
(ArcServe) - the user has no password and in shadow, the password is
indicated as !!

Craig