From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 15:46:29 2002 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 71A3937B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:46:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0509343EA9 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:46:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dlavigne6@cogeco.ca) Received: from d226-42-146.home.cgocable.net (d226-42-146.home.cgocable.net [24.226.42.146]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F092860; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:46:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:48:16 -0500 (EST) From: Dru X-X-Sender: dlavigne6@dhcp-17-14.kico2.on.cogeco.ca To: Brian Henning Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: add users In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021202184226.R41610-100000@dhcp-17-14.kico2.on.cogeco.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Brian Henning wrote: > Hello, > typically when i add users to my machine i use /stand/sysinstall and go > through the menu and add users. I usually change the path to the shell to > /bin/tcsh. when the user logs in for the first time they get a '>' for a > prompt. Is there a way i could set a different prompt as a default when i > add new users? Of course :) If you're using the C shell/tcsh shell, edit /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc so it reflects your favourite prompt. For example, since I like to know who I am and where I am, mine says: set prompt = "%B${USER}@%~%b: " As you create users, the files in /usr/share/skel are copied over to their new home directory, but the word "dot" is changed to "." So I usually create a dot.xinitrc and place it in there as well. Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message