Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:09:25 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: 10.0 set prompt for new users has problems Message-ID: <20140425030925.6b8913c0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <5359B0B0.6060802@a1poweruser.com> References: <5359293C.20501@a1poweruser.com> <20140424200058.6c4c6cc8.freebsd@edvax.de> <5359B0B0.6060802@a1poweruser.com>
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:47:44 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:09:48 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: > >> 10.0 host and using pw command to adduser. > >> pw adduser test -c Test-user -m -g wheel -w yes > >> > >> original /etc/csh.cshrc and /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc files > >> > >> When I log into user test the prompt is a single dollar sign. > > > > This is not the default prompt for the C shell. It > > looks like you're running sh or bash. Can you check? > > Try > > > > $ echo $SHELL > > > > to see what login shell has been defined. Maybe the pw > > command did not set csh as the login shell, and you're > > left with sh as default. > > > > All the users I created with the above pw command are sh shell. > Used vipw and see that the last field at end of the line is /bin/sh As I guessed, erm, concluded. :-) > >> Issuing the ll command i see .cshrc* > >> Why does this file end with an *? > > > > This is because the file has the executable attribute (+x) > > set. There are other "signifiers" for files and directories. > > Try the following > > > > % setenv LSCOLORS 'ExGxdxdxCxDxDxBxBxegeg' > > % ls -laFG .cshrc > > > > The colors will also reflect the "executable" attribute. > > > > Note that this file does _not_ have to be executable, so > > check /usr/share/skel if the file has _accidentally_ been > > chmod'ed with +x. When copying the content of the skel/ > > directory (or subtree), attributes will be kept. > > > > > This must be the new default in 10.0 because > ls -laFG /usr/share/skel shows dot.cshrc* and > ls -la /usr/share/skel shows dot.cshrc The -F option adds the '/', '*', '|', '@', '%' and '=' accordingly, see "man ls" for details. The -G option enables the colors as defined in $LSCOLORS (or default colors). Currently I'm not able to run a v10 system to check if those got new defaults... > >> I can edit the /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc replacing the existing set > >> prompt with the new one, deluser test, adduser test, and still get > >> dollar sign for the prompt even though I see the wanted prompt statement > >> in user test home directory .cshrc* file. > > > > Add -s csh to your pw adduser command. > > > > pw adduser test -c Test-user -m -g wheel -s csh -w yes > Fixed the problem. Now the changes made to /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc > take affect in the users added using that pw command. The aliases also > work now. This is to be exptected. :-) For existing users, you can use the chsh command to change the shell. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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