How to edit .bash_profile or .profile file. and Append the following text into it so these two commands will be executed every time the user login

Ubuntu Server
#1

In the following article " https://www.linuxbabe.com/linux-server/setup-passwordless-ssh-login " it says to edit .bash_profile or .profile file. Append the following text into it so these two commands will be executed every time the user login.

But I haven’t understood this line –

Then edit .bash_profile or .profile file. Append the following text into it so these two commands will be executed every time the user login.

/usr/bin/keychain $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
source $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh

When I visited my root directory I can see this ” https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/6214942?key=904085093104a848f13d99265a7a6e3e ”

inside root directory in the file ” .profile ” this code is like this –

# ~/.profile: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells.

if [ “$BASH” ]; then
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
fi

mesg n 2> /dev/null || true

So where to add the code can you please give me the modified file ??

Thanks

#2

Append means “add to the end of something”. So you should add the following two lines at the bottom of the .profile file, each on its own line.

/usr/bin/keychain $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
source $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh
#3

So .profile file will look like this -

# ~/.profile: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells.

if [ “$BASH” ]; then
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
fi

mesg n 2> /dev/null || true

/usr/bin/keychain $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
source $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh

Am I right?

#4

Yes. It’s correct.