Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:24:50 -0400 From: "David S. Jackson" <deepbsd@earthlink.net> To: Lee <lee@unassemble.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Command History & Keyboard Setup Message-ID: <20020621182450.GD19430@scee.dsj.net> In-Reply-To: <004a01c21895$6175d0a0$6400a8c0@Administrator> References: <004a01c21895$6175d0a0$6400a8c0@Administrator>
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On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 09:02:16PM +0100 Lee <lee@unassemble.co.uk> wrote: > Also when I am logged in as a normal user I am unable to use the up / > down cursor keys to navigate the command history, even though this > does work when logged in as root. As a normal user, go $ echo $SHELL If you see /bin/sh then you're using the original bourne shell which does not support history. I would recommend you use bash, which is in the ports directory or in package form on your CD-ROM or nearest FreeBSD mirror. Once you get bash installed (/usr/local/bin/bash), go $ chsh /usr/local/bin/bash and that should give you what you're used to, unless you're more used to a csh/tcsh/ksh/zsh type of environment... HTH! -- David S. Jackson dsj@dsj.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I bought some used paint. It was in the shape of a house. -- Steven Wright To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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