From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 24 15:38:48 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B86C113 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:38:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (si-002-i86.relay.mailchannels.net [173.236.122.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 888E419C7 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:38:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: _forwarded-from|107.201.34.133 Received: from mail-24.name-services.com (ip-10-227-128-69.us-west-2.compute.internal [10.227.128.69]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EE68761265; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:38:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: _forwarded-from|107.201.34.133 Received: from mail-24.name-services.com (mail-24.name-services.com [10.248.1.153]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.0.19); Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:38:39 GMT X-MC-Relay: Forwarding X-MailChannels-SenderId: _forwarded-from%7C107.201.34.133 X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: demandmedia Received: from [10.0.10.1] (107-201-34-133.lightspeed.bcvloh.sbcglobal.net [107.201.34.133]) by mail-24.name-services.com with SMTP; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 08:38:28 -0700 Message-ID: <53592FF2.3010907@a1poweruser.com> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:38:26 -0400 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alberto Mijares Subject: Re: 10.0 set prompt for new users has problems References: <5359293C.20501@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:38:48 -0000 Alberto Mijares wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:39 AM, 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. >> >> Issuing the ll command i see .cshrc* >> Why does this file end with an *? >> >> I can edit the as .cshrc* or .cshrc and replace the existing set prompt >> statement with set prompt = "# %/ >" then save the file, exit and login >> again. The prompt is still a dollar sign. >> >> If I issue set prompt = "# %/ >" command from the test user command line >> the prompt still doe's not change. >> >> 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. >> >> Another problem is the alias commands la and lf don't work but the ll alias >> does work. >> > > > Hi Fbsd8, > > Last night I experienced a similar issue. As root I added the user jon > to the dialer group > > pw groupmod dialer -m jon > > In a previously opened shell, with user jon, I found no way to update > this change. I tried executing sh, bash, csh with no success. However, > the change was made. How do you tell the current shell to re-read the > enviroment? > > Looks like your issue, don't you think? > > 10-RELEASE-p1 > > Regards > > > Alberto Mijares > I would think you have to exit jon session and login again for the new group setting to take affect.