Environment variables are not set at login

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Non-root user has variables set in ~/.profile:
-sh-3.2$ cat .profile
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jive/java
-sh-3.2$ 
  • However, the variable values are not being set at login:
-sh-3.2$ echo $JAVA_HOME
-sh-3.2$

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • bash (/bin/bash, /bin/sh)

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