Date: 02 Apr 2002 09:50:52 -0800 From: Unix Newbie <unix_newbie@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keyboard mapping(I think) Message-ID: <1017769865.2706.3.camel@debian> In-Reply-To: <20020404014604.52145d86.scottro@despammed.com> References: <1017729572.1768.37.camel@debian> <20020404014604.52145d86.scottro@despammed.com>
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Totally fixed me up! Thanks so much!!!!! On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 22:46, Scott Robbins wrote: > On 01 Apr 2002 22:39:27 -0800 > Unix Newbie <unix_newbie@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > I believe these to be some really newbie questions to FreeBSD. I > > just installed FreeBSD 4.5 on my system and I am having some trouble > > figuring out keyboard mapping. With the root user the keyboard mapping > > is perfect, when I hit tab it will auto fill the names, and if I hit > > the up arrow it takes me to the last command, etc. Well, with any > > other user on my system I can't seem to do that. If I hit tab it thows > > out some wierd characters to the screen. > > > > I did a quick man -k search for keyboard stuff, and I tried to use the > > commands listed, but I think I am doing something wrong. Is keyboard > > mapping even when I should be looking?I'll take anything, urls, docs, > > I just appreciate the help! > > > > > > No, it's the shell that the user is using > In other words, I think root is csh while the other users, unless you > specified otherwise, are just using /bin/sh which, IIRC, doesn't support > expansion You can add a user to wheel by editing /etc/group > You can change the shell with > chsh <user name> > HTH > Scott > Hope I'm right, too--it's really late here :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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