Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I have AIX 5.3 installed, and I am installing shutdown software called PowerAlert(TrippLite) which will automate the shutdown of the server if power is lost. The instructions say to add the following lines to root's .profile file:

#Startup of PowerAlert software
echo PATH=/opt/TrippLite/PowerAlert:/home/usr/java14/jre/bin:$PATH
export TRIPPLITE_PA_HOME=/opt/TrippLite/PowerAlert
echo "Done setting up environment variables"

These lines will allow the root user to start the PowerAlert interface.
However, there is no .profile file for root. Should I create one? or should I put these lines in the /etc/profile file? I am a bit confused. Thanks for any help.
Paul
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Just create one, don't put it in /etc/profile.

Matt
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Just to expand on this answer, the reason to put it in root's . profile is that /etc/profile is run for every process that starts a login shell most of whom aren't root and presumeably don't need or can't use the function in question.

Regards,
Jim Lane
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Where do I put the .profile for root and how do I get AIX to read .profile when root logs in?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Where do I put the .profile for root and how do I get AIX to read .profile when root logs in?
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Originally posted by: nh4aix

Put it in /

name it .profile

give it read and write permissions for root (chmod 600 /.profile)

and you should be good to go...

TIP: you may want to copy /etc/security/.profile to /.profile as a base /.profile
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

thank you very much for the info!
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