"Gerhard S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Gerhard S. wrote:
> >
> > > if I change the root default shell to bash. So now
> > I end up
> > > typing bash or ksh set -o emacs after every su. Not
> > very friendly.
> > So put it into root's .profile. Not exactly hard
> > work.
>
> But shouldn't be needed. In Linux it works all out of
> the box without adding magic commands.
The problem with ksh is that it is
1) not root default's shell
2) it does not understand cursor keys by default.
2) seems to be a real limitation for a program that is
approx. 20 years old now. My bsh did understand cursor keys
since I added termcap & mapping support in 1986.
Jörg
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