RE: .login_conf ignored [solved]
On Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:20 AM, Christopher Illies wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 06:39:05PM +0200, Ernest Sales wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:14:42 +0200, Christopher
> Illies wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > The locale settings in my .login_conf are ignored:
>
> [...]
>
> > > > Try compiling just your ~/login_conf, make sure a
> > > > ~/login_conf.db file appears.
> > > >
> > > > Ernest
> > >
> > > Thanks, that has worked!
> > >
> > > Before I always used cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf plus all the user's
> > > $HOME/.login_conf, but just using it on my ~/.login_conf did the
> > > trick. A ~/.login_conf.db file has appeared.
> > >
> > > I feel a bit silly for not having come up with it myself.
> I guess what
> > > confused me was that on another user's account the
> cap_mkdb compiling
> > > wasn't neccessary, but I don't need to understand that now that it
> > > works for me.
> > >
> > > Thanks again.
> > >
> > > Christopher
> >
> > But you are still curious, aren't you?
>
> Yes
>
> > AFAIK, there are two possible
> > explanations:
> >
> > 1) There _is_ a .login_conf.db file in the other user's homedir.
>
> No
>
> >
> > 2) The other account pertains to a different login class than yours,
> > which already sets the desired locale and so masquerades the user's
> > settings being ignored. Dunno if a user can see his own
> login class. If
> > you have permissions, can use vipw to find out (if
> unfamiliar, take a
> > look to vipw(8) and passwd(5) manpages, notice the 'class' field).
> >
> > Ernest
>
> Not that I can see. I 'chris' is my login, and 'bill' in another
> account that does not have this problem:
>
> ; sudo cat /etc/master.passwd | egrep 'chris|bill' | awk
> -F: '{ print $1,":", $5,":"}'
> chris : :
> bill : :
> ; whoami
> chris
> ; ls /home/bill/.login*
> /home/bill/.login /home/bill/.login_conf
> ; cat /home/bill/.login_conf
> # $FreeBSD: src/share/skel/dot.login_conf,v 1.3 2001/06/10 17:08:53
> # ache Exp $
> #
> # see login.conf(5)
> #
> me:\
> :charset=iso-8859-1:\
> :lang=se_SE.ISO8859-1:
> ; sudo sed -i.bak -e 's/se_SE/de_DE/' /home/bill/.login_conf
> ; su -l bill
> Password:
> $ whoami
> bill
> $ env | egrep -i 'lang|charset'
> MM_CHARSET=iso-8859-1
> LANG=de_DE.ISO8859-1
>
> But to change settings on the 'chris' account I have to use cap_mkdb
> /home/chris/.login_conf. Strange...
>
> Christopher
And your test also discards some login script directly setting the variables
(assuming bill locale is usually se_SE). Wish some day we get enlightened.
Ernest
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Re: .login_conf ignored [solved]
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 06:39:05PM +0200, Ernest Sales wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:14:42 +0200, Christopher Illies wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > The locale settings in my .login_conf are ignored:
[...]
> > > Try compiling just your ~/login_conf, make sure a
> > > ~/login_conf.db file appears.
> > >
> > > Ernest
> >
> > Thanks, that has worked!
> >
> > Before I always used cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf plus all the user's
> > $HOME/.login_conf, but just using it on my ~/.login_conf did the
> > trick. A ~/.login_conf.db file has appeared.
> >
> > I feel a bit silly for not having come up with it myself. I guess what
> > confused me was that on another user's account the cap_mkdb compiling
> > wasn't neccessary, but I don't need to understand that now that it
> > works for me.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Christopher
>
> But you are still curious, aren't you?
Yes
> AFAIK, there are two possible
> explanations:
>
> 1) There _is_ a .login_conf.db file in the other user's homedir.
No
>
> 2) The other account pertains to a different login class than yours,
> which already sets the desired locale and so masquerades the user's
> settings being ignored. Dunno if a user can see his own login class. If
> you have permissions, can use vipw to find out (if unfamiliar, take a
> look to vipw(8) and passwd(5) manpages, notice the 'class' field).
>
> Ernest
Not that I can see. I 'chris' is my login, and 'bill' in another
account that does not have this problem:
; sudo cat /etc/master.passwd | egrep 'chris|bill' | awk -F: '{ print $1,":",
$5,":"}'
chris : :
bill : :
; whoami
chris
; ls /home/bill/.login*
/home/bill/.login /home/bill/.login_conf
; cat /home/bill/.login_conf
# $FreeBSD: src/share/skel/dot.login_conf,v 1.3 2001/06/10 17:08:53
# ache Exp $
#
# see login.conf(5)
#
me:\
:charset=iso-8859-1:\
:lang=se_SE.ISO8859-1:
; sudo sed -i.bak -e 's/se_SE/de_DE/' /home/bill/.login_conf
; su -l bill
Password:
$ whoami
bill
$ env | egrep -i 'lang|charset'
MM_CHARSET=iso-8859-1
LANG=de_DE.ISO8859-1
But to change settings on the 'chris' account I have to use cap_mkdb
/home/chris/.login_conf. Strange...
Christopher
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RE: .login_conf ignored [solved]
On Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:00 PM, Christopher Illies wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:36:46PM +0200, Ernest Sales wrote: > > On Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:18 PM, Christopher Illies wrote: > > > > > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:27:10PM +0200, Ernest Sales wrote: > > > > On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:14:42 +0200, Christopher Illies wrote: > > > > > > > > > The locale settings in my .login_conf are ignored: > > > > > > > > > > ; cat .login_conf > > > > > # $FreeBSD: src/share/skel/dot.login_conf,v 1.3 > > > 2001/06/10 17:08:53 > > > > > # ache Exp $ > > > > > # > > > > > # see login.conf(5) > > > > > # > > > > > me:\ > > > > > :charset=UTF-8:\ > > > > > :lang=en_US.UTF-8: > > > > > > > > > > ; env | egrep -i 'lang|charset' > > > > > LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1 > > > > > MM_CHARSET=iso-8859-1 > > > > > ; ls -l .login_conf > > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 146 May 15 08:26 .login_conf > > > > > ; uname -r > > > > > 6.2-STABLE > [...] > > > > Never had to deal with ~/.login_conf files, but what > > > cap_mkdb manpage seems > > > > to say > > > > is that you have to concatenate all sources in one run, i.e. > > > > > > > > cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf /home/user1/.login.conf > > > /home/user2/.login.conf ... > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > Ernest > > > > > > Thanks, unfortunately no success. > > > > > > When I concatenate all ~/login_conf files with > /etc/login.conf I get > > > the following warning message: > > > cap_mkdb: ignored duplicate: me > > > > So I was mistaken. Try compiling just your ~/login_conf, make sure a > > ~/login_conf.db file appears. > > > > Ernest > > Thanks, that has worked! > > Before I always used cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf plus all the user's > $HOME/.login_conf, but just using it on my ~/.login_conf did the > trick. A ~/.login_conf.db file has appeared. > > I feel a bit silly for not having come up with it myself. I guess what > confused me was that on another user's account the cap_mkdb compiling > wasn't neccessary, but I don't need to understand that now that it > works for me. > > Thanks again. > > Christopher But you are still curious, aren't you? AFAIK, there are two possible explanations: 1) There _is_ a .login_conf.db file in the other user's homedir. 2) The other account pertains to a different login class than yours, which already sets the desired locale and so masquerades the user's settings being ignored. Dunno if a user can see his own login class. If you have permissions, can use vipw to find out (if unfamiliar, take a look to vipw(8) and passwd(5) manpages, notice the 'class' field). Ernest ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: .login_conf ignored [solved]
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:36:46PM +0200, Ernest Sales wrote: > On Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:18 PM, Christopher Illies wrote: > > > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:27:10PM +0200, Ernest Sales wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:14:42 +0200, Christopher Illies wrote: > > > > > > > The locale settings in my .login_conf are ignored: > > > > > > > > ; cat .login_conf > > > > # $FreeBSD: src/share/skel/dot.login_conf,v 1.3 > > 2001/06/10 17:08:53 > > > > # ache Exp $ > > > > # > > > > # see login.conf(5) > > > > # > > > > me:\ > > > > :charset=UTF-8:\ > > > > :lang=en_US.UTF-8: > > > > > > > > ; env | egrep -i 'lang|charset' > > > > LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1 > > > > MM_CHARSET=iso-8859-1 > > > > ; ls -l .login_conf > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 146 May 15 08:26 .login_conf > > > > ; uname -r > > > > 6.2-STABLE [...] > > > Never had to deal with ~/.login_conf files, but what > > cap_mkdb manpage seems > > > to say > > > is that you have to concatenate all sources in one run, i.e. > > > > > > cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf /home/user1/.login.conf > > /home/user2/.login.conf ... > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > Ernest > > > > Thanks, unfortunately no success. > > > > When I concatenate all ~/login_conf files with /etc/login.conf I get > > the following warning message: > > cap_mkdb: ignored duplicate: me > > So I was mistaken. Try compiling just your ~/login_conf, make sure a > ~/login_conf.db file appears. > > Ernest Thanks, that has worked! Before I always used cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf plus all the user's $HOME/.login_conf, but just using it on my ~/.login_conf did the trick. A ~/.login_conf.db file has appeared. I feel a bit silly for not having come up with it myself. I guess what confused me was that on another user's account the cap_mkdb compiling wasn't neccessary, but I don't need to understand that now that it works for me. Thanks again. Christopher ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: .login_conf ignored
On Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:18 PM, Christopher Illies wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:27:10PM +0200, Ernest Sales wrote: > > On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:14:42 +0200, Christopher Illies wrote: > > > > > The locale settings in my .login_conf are ignored: > > > > > > ; cat .login_conf > > > # $FreeBSD: src/share/skel/dot.login_conf,v 1.3 > 2001/06/10 17:08:53 > > > # ache Exp $ > > > # > > > # see login.conf(5) > > > # > > > me:\ > > > :charset=UTF-8:\ > > > :lang=en_US.UTF-8: > > > > > > ; env | egrep -i 'lang|charset' > > > LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1 > > > MM_CHARSET=iso-8859-1 > > > ; ls -l .login_conf > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 146 May 15 08:26 .login_conf > > > ; uname -r > > > 6.2-STABLE > > > > > > My .login_conf file is not a symlink or world writable > etc. Also, an > > > identical .login_conf for another user is applied without > problems. > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > Christopher > > > > > > Did you run cap_mkdb? > > > > >From login.conf manpage: > > > > The default /etc/login.conf shipped with FreeBSD is an > out of the box > > configuration. Whenever changes to this, or the > user's ~/.login_conf, > > file are made, the modifications will not be picked up until > > cap_mkdb(1) > > is used to compile the file into a database. This > database file will > > have a .db extension and is accessed through cgetent(3). > > > > Never had to deal with ~/.login_conf files, but what > cap_mkdb manpage seems > > to say > > is that you have to concatenate all sources in one run, i.e. > > > > cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf /home/user1/.login.conf > /home/user2/.login.conf ... > > > > HTH > > > > Ernest > > Thanks, unfortunately no success. > > When I concatenate all ~/login_conf files with /etc/login.conf I get > the following warning message: > cap_mkdb: ignored duplicate: me So I was mistaken. Try compiling just your ~/login_conf, make sure a ~/login_conf.db file appears. Ernest > It did not help with my locale setting, though. Strangely, another > user account on the same computer works correctly in that respect. > Also, running cap_mkdb after changing the ~/login_conf of that user is > not neccessary for the changes to take effect. > > This makes me think that there is something wrong with my > user account. But what? > > Christopher ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: .login_conf ignored
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:27:10PM +0200, Ernest Sales wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:14:42 +0200, Christopher Illies wrote: > > > The locale settings in my .login_conf are ignored: > > > > ; cat .login_conf > > # $FreeBSD: src/share/skel/dot.login_conf,v 1.3 2001/06/10 17:08:53 > > # ache Exp $ > > # > > # see login.conf(5) > > # > > me:\ > > :charset=UTF-8:\ > > :lang=en_US.UTF-8: > > > > ; env | egrep -i 'lang|charset' > > LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1 > > MM_CHARSET=iso-8859-1 > > ; ls -l .login_conf > > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 146 May 15 08:26 .login_conf > > ; uname -r > > 6.2-STABLE > > > > My .login_conf file is not a symlink or world writable etc. Also, an > > identical .login_conf for another user is applied without problems. > > What am I missing? > > > > Christopher > > > Did you run cap_mkdb? > > >From login.conf manpage: > > The default /etc/login.conf shipped with FreeBSD is an out of the box > configuration. Whenever changes to this, or the user's ~/.login_conf, > file are made, the modifications will not be picked up until > cap_mkdb(1) > is used to compile the file into a database. This database file will > have a .db extension and is accessed through cgetent(3). > > Never had to deal with ~/.login_conf files, but what cap_mkdb manpage seems > to say > is that you have to concatenate all sources in one run, i.e. > > cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf /home/user1/.login.conf /home/user2/.login.conf ... > > HTH > > Ernest Thanks, unfortunately no success. When I concatenate all ~/login_conf files with /etc/login.conf I get the following warning message: cap_mkdb: ignored duplicate: me It did not help with my locale setting, though. Strangely, another user account on the same computer works correctly in that respect. Also, running cap_mkdb after changing the ~/login_conf of that user is not neccessary for the changes to take effect. This makes me think that there is something wrong with my user account. But what? Christopher ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: .login_conf ignored
On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:14:42 +0200, Christopher Illies wrote: > The locale settings in my .login_conf are ignored: > > ; cat .login_conf > # $FreeBSD: src/share/skel/dot.login_conf,v 1.3 2001/06/10 17:08:53 > # ache Exp $ > # > # see login.conf(5) > # > me:\ > :charset=UTF-8:\ > :lang=en_US.UTF-8: > > ; env | egrep -i 'lang|charset' > LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1 > MM_CHARSET=iso-8859-1 > ; ls -l .login_conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 146 May 15 08:26 .login_conf > ; uname -r > 6.2-STABLE > > My .login_conf file is not a symlink or world writable etc. Also, an > identical .login_conf for another user is applied without problems. > What am I missing? > > Christopher Did you run cap_mkdb? >From login.conf manpage: The default /etc/login.conf shipped with FreeBSD is an out of the box configuration. Whenever changes to this, or the user's ~/.login_conf, file are made, the modifications will not be picked up until cap_mkdb(1) is used to compile the file into a database. This database file will have a .db extension and is accessed through cgetent(3). Never had to deal with ~/.login_conf files, but what cap_mkdb manpage seems to say is that you have to concatenate all sources in one run, i.e. cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf /home/user1/.login.conf /home/user2/.login.conf ... HTH Ernest ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
