Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:51:15 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>, fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: set env editor global Message-ID: <200401131951.15394.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <410963BE-452F-11D8-A7A0-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEAKFEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> <410963BE-452F-11D8-A7A0-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 05:13, Charles Swiger wrote: > On Jan 12, 2004, at 10:37 AM, fbsd_user wrote: > > On an new install with only an root account, I want to set the > > command line prompt prefix and the default editor for all new users > > and also the root account. > > > > What file do I put the 'set env' commands in to make this happen > > globally? > > Look at /etc/profile and /etc/csh.cshrc. > > [ Note that root has /bin/sh as it's shell, whereas normal users will > be using csh by default. This matters because different shells have > different syntax and config file locations. ] I believe your note is somewhat out of date. 4.x at least as far back as 4.1 has had /bin/csh (actually statically linked tcsh) as the default she= ll=20 for root. (But you possibly still end up with sh if you boot into single=20 user mode.) I don't know about 5.x, but would be a little surprised if the default ha= s reverted to sh. Malcolm Kay=20
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