1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi , i added ls -F to .profile. and i need to do ./.profile for the effect to take effect BUT i didnt and YET the next day when i came to work and log in, the changes took effect. i am on aix. please explain.. thanks (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I got this question which tells me to customize my login script. Some people in the forums suggested to modify the .profile file in my home directory. I did so, but none of my customizations show up when I open the terminal after. So, I tried to modify other files in my home directory,... (1 Reply)

3. Infrastructure Monitoring

Hello I really wonder what's trap in etc/profile and in each user .profile. I try to google for it but I think I have no luck. Mostly hit is SNMP traps which I think it is not the same thing. I want to know ... 1. What's a "trap 2 3" means and are there any other value I can set... (4 Replies)

4. Solaris

Anywhere we able to get EIS-DVD or it is only for Sun partnership company? Is it copyrighted. (6 Replies)

5. Solaris

how to know which eis-dvd version is installed on the system ? and is there a way to get EIS-DVD for March past year (2009) ? (3 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All, I just have a small question. I was wondering what would happen if there was no .profile file. I understand that the aliases and my path related commands wouldnt work, however i wanted to know if i would still be able to use the ls,cp,mv.... commands without a .profile file. If... (3 Replies)

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hello All, I create an oracle user, on my Solaris OS. i modified my .profile file on the oracle home. the problem that each time i want my variables to work, ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_BASE ... i have to run the .profile file (. ./.profile) and each time i exit the terminal i have to run again so... (7 Replies)

8. Solaris

hello, i need to install eis dvd (recommanded patches) dvd for a client, but i don't know the procedure, can you please help? (1 Reply)

9. HP-UX

Hi Experts, On one of hp-ux box I have writen the code to disable the direct login for some of the users in /etc/profile file. However when logging into terminal seems /etc/profile is not executed and users are still able to directly login into the terminal. Default shell for user is... (3 Replies)

10. Solaris

Dear Gurus, What is the proper method, steps and configs for me to perform EIS Patch installation through JumpStart Server-Client for Solaris 10? Thanks! (1 Reply)