/etc/profile not getting executed on RHEL5 box

[kk2202]

Hi all,

My application modified the PATH variable for its proper running using /etc/profile file. Problem is PATH variable is not getting set on my RHEL5 machine, where as the same works fine on RHEL4.

Basically the command ". /etc/profile" sets the PATH variable for RHEL4 however, it does not do so on RHEL5.

Kindly provide some inputs on how to resolve this issue on Red HatLinux5box.
Linux5 details:
# cat /etc/*release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)

Linux4 used is :# cat /etc/*release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 4)

Else provide inputs on how to set the PATH variable on Linux5 using /etc/profile through a script probably.

[coopstah13]

can you post the contents of your /etc/profile file? Does it have any line in it like PATH=/usr/bin:/bin ?