From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 25 23:40:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5551416A4CF for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:40:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47BC643D2F for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:40:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DEyP5-0007tm-Dm for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:39:47 +0100 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:39:47 +0100 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:39:47 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Gmane-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-MailScanner-From: freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org X-MailScanner-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .cshrc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:40:33 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-25, Gert Cuykens scribbled these curious markings: > This is the shell config file right ? > I created a new user and put a .cshrc in his home directory but > nothing happens ? > > FX-53# pw user show gert > gert:*:1001:0::0:0:gert:/usr/home/gert:/bin/sh ^^^^^^^ The user isn't using csh, so thus their shell won't read (and probably isn't able to read) the .cshrc file which you've specified. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCRKHuk/lo7zvzJioRArGAAJkBFLEM2T2UiAQx6edfuXqJZbvg6gCgqczc s0TKZAKc5WfuTfd6TyIgOVM= =9A5o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.