[SunHELP] Kshell setup

Chanaka Mendis sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Wed Oct 10 12:10:34 CDT 2001


Will Hayes wrote:

> But the original post is talking about root's login shell... I believe your
> instructions are valid for a non-root user, but not root!
>
> Will Hayes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Chanaka Mendis
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:53 AM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Kshell setup
>
> Navian Williamson wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > Ref:solaris 8 root ksh setup:-
> >
> > Does anyone know what ".file" I need to edit inorder to set up the ksh for
> root
> > login, so that when login in as root it is set how I need it. (ie. stty,
> named
> > prompt, etc..)
> >
> > The only thing I can find is .dtprofile and it doesn't seem to be it.
> >
> > Thanks in advanced,
> >
> > Nave.
> >
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> Hi,
> 1) Fisrt edit /etc/passwd and put users shell as ksh.(/usr/bin/ksh)
> 2) Then create a .profile in the user's home directory.
> Inside a .profile insert following line.
> ENV=(users home directory)/.kshrc
> Eg: for user1
> ENV=/export/home/user1/.kshrc
> 3) Also create a .kshrc in the user's home directory
>
> Put all enviroment variables in .kshrc file
>
> /Gayantha
>
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Yes this is applicable to root as well

/Gayantha




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