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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Change to ksh shell Post 302082867 by irasela on Thursday 3rd of August 2006 11:40:39 AM
Old 08-03-2006
Change to ksh shell
Hi everyone:

Mi default shell is sh, i need to set the TMOUT variable so i need to change the shell to ksh, I change the /etc/profile file as follows, but when i do an echo $0 stll sh been the shell:

# more /etc/profile
#
# (c) Copyright 1990, OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC.
# ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
#
#
# OSF/1 Release 1.0

trap "" 2 3

export LOGNAME TERM

. /etc/TIMEZONE

# Login and -su shell get /etc/profile services.
# -rsh is given its environment in its .profile.
case "$0" in
-su )
export PATH
;;
-sh )
export PATH
;;
-ksh )
export PATH
;;
esac

umask 022
trap 2 3
SHELL=/bin/ksh
export SHELL
TMOUT=1800
export TMOUT
# echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh
# echo $0
-sh


What should I do to have ksh as my default shell?

Best regards
 

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suspend

suspend(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        suspend(1)

NAME

       suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       suspend

   csh
       suspend

   ksh
       suspend

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

   csh
       Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.

   ksh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)

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