Thanks to all those who replied.
My original question follows:
Is there a way to determine if a user logged from an X terminal (xdm) in its
.profile ? I have to run some commands from their .profile ONLY if they are
not logging via X-Windows.
Sorry if my question was not very clear, I'm french speaking and sometimes
the words just don't get out as they should. I just wanted to be able to
determine, from the .profile, if a user was connecting via x-windows or not.
Thanks !
The easiest solution:
Check for the presence of the $DISPLAY environment variable. If it's set,
then the user is using X, otherwise, it's a serial or telnet connection.
Guy Dallaire
dallaire_at_total.net
"God only knows if god exists"
Received on Wed Dec 04 1996 - 17:40:14 NZDT