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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T16:32:01+00:00 2026-05-11T16:32:01+00:00

When I ssh into my ubuntu-box running Hardy 8.04, the environment variables in my

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When I ssh into my ubuntu-box running Hardy 8.04, the environment variables in my .bashrc are not set.

If I do a source .bashrc, the variables are properly set, and all is well.

How come .bashrc isn’t run at login?

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    2026-05-11T16:32:02+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 4:32 pm

    .bashrc is not sourced when you log in using SSH. You need to source it in your .bash_profile like this:

    if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
      . ~/.bashrc
    fi
    
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