Thanks for the info, I'll give it a go. The only thing I've got to figure
out is where on the hard drive I put the RPM's, as my motherboard IDE
connections don't support CD-ROM, I had to install from hard drive!!
As a thought, I have network visiblity of a win95 machine, that does have
CD-ROM. If I mount the drive on Linux properly, would there be any problems
running rpm through a samba connection?
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] What is the closest Linux shell to Unix Ksh?
Simon Norris wrote:
>
> I don't remember it on the install, what would be the easiest way of
adding
> it as a post-install task? Is it RPM'ed for example?
>
> I suppose the obvious thing for me to do would be to simply try and change
> my shell to pdksh, and see if it works?
>
> Simon Norris wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to refresh my Unix scripting knowledge, but I have no access to
> > pure Unix boxes now, so I need to practise on my own linux machine.
Which
> > shell should I use to get the best response from Korn shell scripts?
>
> I believe pdksh ships with Mandrake.
Put the CD in the drive,
mount /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
rpm -Uvh pdksh*
cd /etc
vi passwd # change the portion that reads
# /bin/bash to /bin/ksh
exit
relogin and you should be in ksh!
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
