Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:07:22 +0200 From: "Marcel.lautenbach" <freebsd@xtsy.de> To: Olivier Gautherot <ogautherot@freesurf.fr> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing the shell and editor Message-ID: <348666661.20040826170722@xtsy.de> In-Reply-To: <412D9FB1.5010603@freesurf.fr> References: <801213900.20040825215844@xtsy.de> <412D9FB1.5010603@freesurf.fr>
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Guten Tag Olivier Gautherot, am Donnerstag, 26. August 2004 um 10:30 schrieben Sie: OG> Hi Marcel! >>hi again, >> >>well, i've tried a bit playin with the /etc/master.passwd, adduser, >>vipw an so on. >> >>now i use the bash shell. but, i am not able to change my enviroment >>variables anymore. trying "set EDITOR emacs" did not work. when ich >>echo my editor variable, it is empty. though i have changed my shell >>back to csh in the /etc/master.password file, when i log on i still >>use the bash. >> >>rebooting the system or kill -1 1 didn't do any good. i am getting >>confused now a bit. acually changes in the master.passwd file should >>take effect in any case, shouldn't they? >> >>pleas help. >> >> OG> Just a dumb question: did you try logging out and back in? OG> You need to do that to refresh for sure your environment OG> (reboot not necessary: it's not Windows :-) ). OG> Also, if you use the bash/csh command "set", it will affect only OG> the current shell. Nested invocations won't be affected. OG> Try "setenv" in csh or "export" in bash. OG> Hope it helps OG> Olivier hi folks, well, problem is solved. i tried the export in bash. i was just wondering why there was nothing in my $SHELL or $EDITOR variabel when using the set. export worked. nevertheless i tend to stick with vipw and chsh. they are rather good, for me personal. and, vipw rewrites the database for the password-file. so, it's kind of secure :-) and i think i will store my little changes in the bash-profile :-) so, thanks all for your help :-)
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