[ale] user setup in RedHat

[Alfred Grahame Leach]

I'm running RedHat 3.0.3 (Picasso), and I can't figure out how to set up 
user environments properly.  I'm used to using files like .profile, 
.kshrc (users using k-shell), etc. to setup prompts, aliases, command 
line editing modes, etc.  All of these files appear to be ignored by this 
version of Linux.  What files _are_ to be used to do this sort of 
customization, and how (if the file entries are non-standard as well)?

TIA

- Al

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