Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:39:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .cshrc Message-ID: <slrnd498fe.2hl.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <ef60af0905032515326bbeb618@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-25, Gert Cuykens scribbled these curious markings: > This is the shell config file right ? > I created a new user and put a .cshrc in his home directory but > nothing happens ? > > FX-53# pw user show gert > gert:*:1001:0::0:0:gert:/usr/home/gert:/bin/sh ^^^^^^^ The user isn't using csh, so thus their shell won't read (and probably isn't able to read) the .cshrc file which you've specified. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCRKHuk/lo7zvzJioRArGAAJkBFLEM2T2UiAQx6edfuXqJZbvg6gCgqczc s0TKZAKc5WfuTfd6TyIgOVM= =9A5o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.
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