Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:47:44 -0400 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: 10.0 set prompt for new users has problems Message-ID: <5359B0B0.6060802@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20140424200058.6c4c6cc8.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <5359293C.20501@a1poweruser.com> <20140424200058.6c4c6cc8.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:09:48 -0400, 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. > > This is not the default prompt for the C shell. It > looks like you're running sh or bash. Can you check? > Try > > $ echo $SHELL > > to see what login shell has been defined. Maybe the pw > command did not set csh as the login shell, and you're > left with sh as default. > All the users I created with the above pw command are sh shell. Used vipw and see that the last field at end of the line is /bin/sh > > >> Issuing the ll command i see .cshrc* >> Why does this file end with an *? > > This is because the file has the executable attribute (+x) > set. There are other "signifiers" for files and directories. > Try the following > > % setenv LSCOLORS 'ExGxdxdxCxDxDxBxBxegeg' > % ls -laFG .cshrc > > The colors will also reflect the "executable" attribute. > > Note that this file does _not_ have to be executable, so > check /usr/share/skel if the file has _accidentally_ been > chmod'ed with +x. When copying the content of the skel/ > directory (or subtree), attributes will be kept. > > This must be the new default in 10.0 because ls -laFG /usr/share/skel shows dot.cshrc* and ls -la /usr/share/skel shows dot.cshrc > >> 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. > > The user's .cshrc file should override any other settings > dome at "higher levels" such as /etc/csh.cshrc. Try the > following: > > set promptchars = "%#" > set prompt = "%n@%m:%~%# " > > This should give you the default C shell prompt. If _this_ > works, start modifying it according to your preference. > You can replace %n with %N on newer C shell versions. > > > >> If I issue set prompt = "# %/ >" command from the test user command line >> the prompt still doe's not change. > > Very strange - I have tested this here, it changes the prompt. > > poly@r56:~% set prompt = "# %/ >" > # /home/poly >_ > > However, when I try this in sh: > > poly@r56:~% sh > $ set prompt = "# %/ >" > $ _ > > This encourages me to think that my initial assumption of > you running the "wrong" shell is correct. :-) > > > >> 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. > > Add -s csh to your pw adduser command. > pw adduser test -c Test-user -m -g wheel -s csh -w yes Fixed the problem. Now the changes made to /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc take affect in the users added using that pw command. The aliases also work now. > > >> Another problem is the alias commands la and lf don't work but the ll >> alias does work. > > Try "which ls ll" to find out what is actually being executed. > > Example from my (customized) C shell: > > % which ls ll > ls: aliased to ls -FG -D "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" > ll: aliased to ls -laFG -D "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" > > Note that I've modified /etc/csh.cshrc to make global settings > for all users (prompt, aliases, $LSCOLORS) and almost emptied > the /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc template. Users here are free to > add their own settings and replace default things, but most > of them are happy. The unhappy ones use bash anyway. :-) > >
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