profile not working

[bookouri]

I cant get my path to set.
I have this in etc/profile
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:.
export PATH

I have this in the user .profile
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:.
export PATH

If I logon as the user the profile sets path as:
$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:

If I then do . .profile the path is updated to the correct
$ . .profile
$ echo $PATH
/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:.
$

What am I doing wrong? My understanding is that the etc/profile is executed for every user logging on and then the users .profile is executed. Am I missing something else?

I would appreciate any help, suggestions etc...

 

[bookouri]

Ok, I sort of solved the problem. I hadnt thought about it but I was logging in through Exceed. So Im actually logging in to an xterminal session. If I telnet in and login the path works fine. Now I just have to find out where to set the xterminal path. Or am I still missing something here?