Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:38:38 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Few simple questions.. Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20050821002458.058bad60@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <22291286.1124607000254.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl. sa.earthlink.net> References: <22291286.1124607000254.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
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At 11:50 PM 8/20/2005, Eric Murphy wrote: >QUESTION:::: 1 > >Hey guys I use gnuls for colorizing my outputs such as ls..ect.. its >really just an alias. > >When i added the alias to my /etc/profile I noticed that under X my >terminals were not colorized but if i were to LOGIN to another TTY >without X, it would be colorized. Now i know that /etc/profile is >only read if your logging in with bash... so what i did was create a >.bashrc with my alias in my home directory and it worked fine within >X. My question is this.... for users that login with gdm/kdm >ect...and start X how can i set colorized outputs for them without >creating a .bashrc file in each home directory. Is there a global >bashrc file that can be read for people that dont login? > >ugh i know this sounds confuseing but i dont know any other way to explain it? > > >maybe this can explain it... > >When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, bash >reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that file exists. This >may be inhibited by using the --norc option. The --rcfile file option >will force bash to read and execute commands from file instead of >~/.bashrc. > > >So if it doesnt read /etc how can I set global colors (for all >users) for a interactive shell that isnt a login shell? Without >creating ~/.bashrc's in each home directory. If you set CLICOLOR in both /etc/profile and /etc/csh.cshrc that should enable colorized ls and things for everyone. -Glenn
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