Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 08:41:30 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: set prompt for new users Message-ID: <20140118084130.a9b78380.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <52DA24A4.8010804@a1poweruser.com> References: <52D87D89.1060606@a1poweruser.com> <20140117183438.21f60837.freebsd@edvax.de> <52DA24A4.8010804@a1poweruser.com>
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On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:52:20 +0800, Fbsd8 wrote: > I use pw adduser command to add new users to the host. From the prompt I > get when logging on to a new user I see the prompt format used in > /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc. > > How is /etc/csh.cshrc used to set prompt for all users? By precedence. :-) In order to have all (new) users benefit from what's been configured globally in /etc/csh.cshrc, make sure their ~/.cshrc is empty (or at least does not override $prompt). The easiest way to make sure is to empty the template for this file in /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc. Local files have precedence over global files. In your /etc/csh.cshrc, just modify the part for the interactive shells like this: if ($?prompt) then set promptchars = "%#" set prompt = "%n@%m:%~%# " set autolist # ... more stuff ... endif For a typical Linux bash-like prompt, use something like this: set promptchars = '$#' set prompt = "[%n@%m] %~ %# " The C shell also has support for bold print and colors. The codes are listed in the manpage. Note that you can also use /etc/csh.login and /etc/csh.logout to globally set the actions at login and logout time for users with interactive shells. Their respective local files, ~/.login and ~/.logout, should be empty to allow this mechanism. See the "FILES" section in "man csh" for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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