What Permission Needed

[sammy]

Is it necessary that a user must have permission for running .profile in UNIX operating system? If so what are the permissions needed by the user for running .profile and also how to check the permission in UNIX system. Also kindly tell me what will happen if I try to run the .profile without permission will it throw error or warning.

[rachelle]

It is a must that a user must have permission for running .profile in UNIX operating system. The permission needed for the user for running .profile in UNIX operating system is execute permission. You can check whether you have the permission by executing the command . .profile chk which gives you the list of permission you have. It will not throw you error if you do not have
permission but .profile command when given by you will not function as requested by you and will remain in the old state only.