.cshrc

[Chris]

Gert Cuykens wrote:
>>>I created a new user and put a .cshrc in his home directory but
>>>nothing happens ?
>>
>>Why should anything happen?  What did you expect to happen?
> 
> 
> This :)
> 
> FX-53# cat .cshrc
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/root/dot.cshrc,v 1.29 2004/04/01 19:28:00 krion Exp $
> #
> # .cshrc - csh resource script, read at beginning of execution by each shell
> #
> # see also csh(1), environ(7).
> #
> 
> alias h         history 25
> alias j         jobs -l
> alias la        ls -a
> alias lf        ls -FA
> alias ll        ls -lA
> 
> # A righteous umask
> umask 22
> 
> set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin
> /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin $HOME/bin)
> 
> setenv  EDITOR  joe
> setenv  PAGER   more
> setenv  BLOCKSIZE       K
> 
> if ($?prompt) then
>         # An interactive shell -- set some stuff up
>         set prompt = "`/bin/hostname -s`# "
>         set filec
>         set history = 100
>         set savehist = 100
>         set mail = (/var/mail/$USER)
>         if ( $?tcsh ) then
>                 bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word
>                 bindkey -k up history-search-backward
>                 bindkey -k down history-search-forward
>         endif
> endif
> FX-53# 
> 
> So the question is why does root uses csh shell and the a user a sh
> shell. What brings me to the following question , What is the best
> shell to use :)


Useing vipw (as root) change the users shell from:

/bin/sh
- to -
/bin/csh

That's all

-- 
Best regards,
Chris

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