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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


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