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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:43:46 -0500
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: set env editor global
Message-ID:  <410963BE-452F-11D8-A7A0-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEAKFEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEAKFEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>

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On Jan 12, 2004, at 10:37 AM, fbsd_user wrote:
> On an new install with only an root account, I want to set the
> command line prompt prefix and the default editor for all new users 
> and also the root account.
>
> What file do I put the 'set env' commands in to make this happen
> globally?

Look at /etc/profile and /etc/csh.cshrc.

[ Note that root has /bin/sh as it's shell, whereas normal users will 
be using csh by default.  This matters because different shells have 
different syntax and config file locations. ]

-- 
-Chuck



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