Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:11:39 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Trevin Chow <tmchow@sfu.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What should be in /etc/profile & /etc/bashrc? Message-ID: <20010427091139.B80815@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <20010426123638.O96761-100000@benny.geektank.org>; from tmchow@sfu.ca on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:40:00PM -0700 References: <20010426123638.O96761-100000@benny.geektank.org>
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:40:00PM -0700, Trevin Chow wrote:
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>
> Everything seemed to work okay but now that I've installed
> postgresql, the startup scripts use the /bin/sh shell
> and are imcompatible with some of the settings for the bash
> prompt I have in /etc/profile.
Bash stuff shouldn't go in /etc/profile. Only /bin/sh stuff should; as
you've obviously discovered. Bash stuff should go in /etc/bashrc.
In general, if the settings apply to *everyone* (including
pseudo-users), put them in /etc; otherwise have a seperate file which
you source/. in the user's ~/.bash*
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Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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