Greetings:
I have a FreeBSD 4.9-stable server up and running and I ran across an
error (most likely mine) while using csh.
I normally use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to access the command history.
However, this morning instead being able to go through the .history
file with the arrow keys
Greetings:
I have a FreeBSD 4.9-stable server up and running and I ran across an
error (most likely mine) while using csh.
I normally use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to access the command history.
However, this morning instead being able to go through the .history
file with the
It sounds like you are using an account with /bin/sh as a shell
For example, unless you change it, root uses sh for a shell.
jerry
Root uses csh by default.
Josh Paetzel
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It sounds like you are using an account with /bin/sh as a shell
For example, unless you change it, root uses sh for a shell.
jerry
Root uses csh by default.
Well, I'll be darned. It does now.
jerry
Josh Paetzel
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On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 02:42:55PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote:
It sounds like you are using an account with /bin/sh as a shell
For example, unless you change it, root uses sh for a shell.
jerry
Root uses csh by default.
Well, I'll be darned. It does now.
Jerry McAllister wrote:
It sounds like you are using an account with /bin/sh as a shell
For example, unless you change it, root uses sh for a shell.
jerry
Root uses csh by default.
Well, I'll be darned. It does now.
BTW. I login as normal user and su to root for adminstrative tasks.
I
I checked what shell root was using and it was sh (/bin/sh). So the
information on my first post was inaccurate. My bad. I thought the
shell was csh.
So, I changed root's shell to csh. The problem of no .history via up
and down arrows went away. The arrow keys now access the .history
Jerry McAllister wrote:
It sounds like you are using an account with /bin/sh as a shell
For example, unless you change it, root uses sh for a shell.
jerry
Root uses csh by default.
Well, I'll be darned. It does now.
BTW. I login as normal user and su to root for