Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:59:50 +0200 From: "Dominique Goncalves" <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com> To: "Huy Ton That" <huyslogic@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Default Editor in profile Message-ID: <7daacbbe0609080759m21433582q5518912d23c8cd22@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1cac28080609080749q4fe4d31agc51d5206b0340f5c@mail.gmail.com> References: <1cac28080609080749q4fe4d31agc51d5206b0340f5c@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On 9/8/06, Huy Ton That <huyslogic@gmail.com> wrote: > under my home directory for root under .profile I added the line: > > EDITOR=pico; export EDITOR > > where no such line existed for EDITOR before; this line exists in my > personal account that I use and my default for external launched editors is > now pico such that I can edit crontab stuff easily. However, when I ssh in > and then su, I try to run crontab only to find it is still booting into 'vi' > by default. Any ideas how I can get this loaded? You have to use "su -", if you want load your root's environnement. su(1) for more explications. HTH > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Regards. -- There's this old saying: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life."
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