The contents of this directory are my .profile, .shrc, and .logout
(with names adjusted for easy viewing) :-)

Note that these are set up so that they will work in any shell
that is Bourne-compatible.  In essence, my system looks like 
this:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rworkman rworkman 7 2007-10-15 23:47 .bash_logout -> .logout
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rworkman rworkman 8 2007-10-15 23:47 .bash_profile -> .profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rworkman rworkman 5 2007-10-15 23:47 .bashrc -> .shrc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 rworkman rworkman 5 2007-10-15 23:47 .kshrc -> .shrc

Also, the 10-local.sh belongs to /etc/profile.d/ -- make sure it's executable.
It sets aliases and such for *all* users.

The dot.xprofile ($HOME/.xprofile) is sourced when logging in via gdm,
kdm, and such...

 Name                    Last modified      Size  Description
 Parent Directory                             -   
 10-local.sh             2008-09-17 16:12  838   
 dot.xprofile            2010-10-01 17:56  495   
 dot.shrc                2011-02-06 05:57  449   
 dot.logout              2010-10-01 18:07  403   
 dot.profile             2010-10-01 17:51  201