Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 20:31:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: James <effdefender@earthlink.net> Cc: Dru <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question about up-arrow when non-root Message-ID: <20020705202753.L304-100000@njam.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <000d01c22498$a09455e0$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net>
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> > 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 vipw requires superuser privileges--you may also reset the shell type from within a normal user's login with chsh. If you're not sure what other ones are installed on your system they're listed in /etc/shells. Cheers, Viktor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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