Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:55:46 -0700 From: "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> To: "Dru" <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question about up-arrow when non-root Message-ID: <000d01c22498$a09455e0$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net> References: <20020705223727.E253-100000@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca>
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Thank you very much. -James Turnbull ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dru" <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca> To: "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 7:39 PM Subject: Re: Question about up-arrow when non-root > > > On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, James wrote: > > > Should I be posting this in Freebsd-questions? > > > Yes :) > > > > Whenever I log in using one of my accounts (except for root), and I want to > > access a command that I typed previously, I keep trying to hit the up arrow. > > Unfortunately, what I get is : ^[[A and not the previous command. When I'm > > logged in as root I have no trouble. > > > The superuser account uses the tcsh shell, thus it has history and the up > arrow works. By default, regular users get the sh shell which gives the > behaviour you just described. As the superuser, you can use "vipw" to > modify your existing user's shell to either "csh" or "tcsh". > > Dru > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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