10.0 set prompt for new users has problems
Polytropon
freebsd at edvax.de
Thu Apr 24 18:02:10 UTC 2014
On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:09:48 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote:
> 10.0 host and using pw command to adduser.
> pw adduser test -c Test-user -m -g wheel -w yes
>
> original /etc/csh.cshrc and /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc files
>
> When I log into user test the prompt is a single dollar sign.
This is not the default prompt for the C shell. It
looks like you're running sh or bash. Can you check?
Try
$ echo $SHELL
to see what login shell has been defined. Maybe the pw
command did not set csh as the login shell, and you're
left with sh as default.
> Issuing the ll command i see .cshrc*
> Why does this file end with an *?
This is because the file has the executable attribute (+x)
set. There are other "signifiers" for files and directories.
Try the following
% setenv LSCOLORS 'ExGxdxdxCxDxDxBxBxegeg'
% ls -laFG .cshrc
The colors will also reflect the "executable" attribute.
Note that this file does _not_ have to be executable, so
check /usr/share/skel if the file has _accidentally_ been
chmod'ed with +x. When copying the content of the skel/
directory (or subtree), attributes will be kept.
> I can edit the as .cshrc* or .cshrc and replace the existing set prompt
> statement with set prompt = "# %/ >" then save the file, exit and login
> again. The prompt is still a dollar sign.
The user's .cshrc file should override any other settings
dome at "higher levels" such as /etc/csh.cshrc. Try the
following:
set promptchars = "%#"
set prompt = "%n@%m:%~%# "
This should give you the default C shell prompt. If _this_
works, start modifying it according to your preference.
You can replace %n with %N on newer C shell versions.
> If I issue set prompt = "# %/ >" command from the test user command line
> the prompt still doe's not change.
Very strange - I have tested this here, it changes the prompt.
poly at r56:~% set prompt = "# %/ >"
# /home/poly >_
However, when I try this in sh:
poly at r56:~% sh
$ set prompt = "# %/ >"
$ _
This encourages me to think that my initial assumption of
you running the "wrong" shell is correct. :-)
> I can edit the /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc replacing the existing set
> prompt with the new one, deluser test, adduser test, and still get
> dollar sign for the prompt even though I see the wanted prompt statement
> in user test home directory .cshrc* file.
Add -s csh to your pw adduser command.
> Another problem is the alias commands la and lf don't work but the ll
> alias does work.
Try "which ls ll" to find out what is actually being executed.
Example from my (customized) C shell:
% which ls ll
ls: aliased to ls -FG -D "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
ll: aliased to ls -laFG -D "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
Note that I've modified /etc/csh.cshrc to make global settings
for all users (prompt, aliases, $LSCOLORS) and almost emptied
the /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc template. Users here are free to
add their own settings and replace default things, but most
of them are happy. The unhappy ones use bash anyway. :-)
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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