gdm login ignores /etc/profile?

[David Eduardo Gomez Noguera]

On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 05:56, Marius Andreiana wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I set some variabled in /etc/profile ( PATH, EDITOR ), but they aren't
> set in gnome-terminal after logging in gnome. If I run xterm they aren't
> set too.
> 
> After I run
> . /etc/profile
> they are ok. Also, if logging in console, they are ok.
> 
I think, correct me if im wrong, that profile is read for tty logins
only (or for "su -", which uses login)
when you login through a pts (i.e. an xterm, telnet or ssh) profile
should not be run. bashrc, tcshrc, etc... are run instead.