[ale] .profile doesn't work

[sad at hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Steven A. Duchene)]

> 
> I have a user whose .profile does not run when he logs in, mine works fine.  Any suggestions?
> Here is the .profile we are running
> 
> echo Hello Dan
> 
Is Dan logging in via X windows or is this in a telnet session across the
network or what? If it is X Windows, you do realize that xterms may by
default not have the *loginShell resource set to true and thus don't run
the .profile (or .login as the case may be)?

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