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Not necessarily. It is a location where commands can be placed.
– Daniel B
Commented Nov 9, 2018 at 6:44
docstore.mik.ua/orelly/networking_2ndEd/ssh/ch08_04.htm
– clearlight
Commented Jul 26, 2019 at 12:26
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That could REALLY get someone into trouble if they didn't know what they are doing. It's potentially useful in corner cases, but that could REALLY mess someone up if they forgot they put commands there or the name and the path of that file. Gennerally it would be highly preferred to put the startup login commands in the expected place, .bashrc on the remote side and test for $SSH_CONNECTION, as other answers here have suggested.
– clearlight
Commented Jul 26, 2019 at 12:29

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