.bash_profile / .bashrc - startup .bash_logout - close of a session do 'ls -a' in ur login prompt to find these files.
however these r for bash shell ... and i guess u r using bash shell.
Goldwyn :o)
Kinjal Sonpal> Is there any way to find out which files (scripts) and commands Kinjal Sonpal> are executed after the user enters her password and before a user Kinjal Sonpal> is presented with a Shell prompt? Kinjal Sonpal> Kinjal Sonpal> I also want to monitor similar things while the user logs out, Kinjal Sonpal> i.e. , after the user enters exit and before another a login Kinjal Sonpal> prompt appears.