Hello,
Why tcsh shell is not recommended ? then which one is better ?
Also can you please let me know how to change own shell and config file? (3 Replies)
Can anyone tell me how to reset the command prompt back to the original 'bas'h prompt as these have all been changed via the /etc/profile to add username and hostname but some are too long. I just want to run it in a local .profile to put it back.
Thanks (2 Replies)
Hi folks
This is our prompt at the moment
oracle@pinkipinki:/opt/oracle> grep 'set prompt' .cshrc
set prompt = "$user@`uname -n`:$cwd> "
We wish to have in production the same prompt, but red.
Howto do that? I tried a lot a internet manuals, but it doesn't work. (1 Reply)
Hi,
I need to find tcsh shell version info on several boxes.
I made a script and running on boxes through SSH.
This is what i am doing :
echo /bin/tcsh -c 'echo $version' | ssh "box name"
but i dont see anything.
if i run /bin/tcsh -c 'echo $version' on ocal machine i see the... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I have this problem:
I have a server to which I ssh, and it has a special prompt request. The prompt is done by a ?prompt command.
It is fine with SSH, since the prompt I guess gets some input, but when I use SCP, the copy always fails.
So, I was wondering if there is maybe a... (1 Reply)
Hi, issue with my prompt, other gets their name, my comes with command number. Why?
{118} /home/markb > echo $SHELL
/bin/tcsh
{119} /home/markb > echo $SHELL
/bin/tcsh
{120} /home/markb >
my .cshrc has this....
set prompt="%{\0330;%n@%M : %~%L \007%} `pwd` >%{\033
... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I am writing a script that requires the user to enter a string of numbers:
ex: 134 345 865 903
This command only allows for one variable to be entered:
set "var" = $<
and than once I got the array I want to change it to a list with each input on a different line:
... (1 Reply)
The campus system that I use has switched to using winbind. In the old days, I was able to specify tcsh as my shell with the usual entry in /etc/passwd. But I'm told winbind doesn't have user specific entries, and now my ssh login defaults to a bash shell. Can anybody advise how I can... (2 Replies)
Need assistance in getting a solution for a TCSH shell environment variable .
I read on internet that leading zeros as octal numbers and redhat doesnt supports octals but Solaris works on TCSH shell. Is there any way we can fix this . All my script has 08 or 09
$ @ x = 5 + 08
@: Badly formed... (8 Replies)
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pam_get_user
pam_get_user(3) Library Functions Manual pam_get_user(3)NAME
pam_get_user - PAM routine to retrieve user name.
SYNOPSIS
[ flag ... ] file ... [ library ... ]
DESCRIPTION
is used by PAM service modules to retrieve the current user name from the PAM handle. If the user name has not been set, via or then the
PAM conversation function will be used to prompt the user for the user name with the string "prompt". If prompt is NULL, then is called
and the value of is used for prompting. If the value of is NULL, the following default prompt is used:
After the user name is gathered by the conversation function, is called to set the value of
By convention, applications that need to prompt for a user name should call and set the value of before calling The service module's func-
tion will then call to prompt for the user name. Note that certain PAM service modules (such as a smart card module) may override the value
of and pass in their own prompt.
Applications that call multiple times should set the value of to NULL with before calling if they want the user to be prompted for a new
user name each time.
The value of user retrieved by should not be modified or freed. The item will be released by
APPLICATION USAGE
Refer to pam(3) for information on thread-safety of PAM interfaces.
RETURN VALUES
Upon success, returns otherwise it returns an error code. Refer to pam(3) for information on error related return values.
SEE ALSO pam(3), pam_start(3), pam_authenticate(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_set_item(3), pam_sm(3), pam_sm_authenticate(3), pam_end(3).
pam_get_user(3)