04-29-2012
Location in prompt / meaning `
Hi everybody,
I'm new to this and I was trying out some basic UNIX-commands on my MacBook (Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3).
However suddenly the prompt line is changed.
The prompt used to be: macbookname username$
Suddenly the prompt is changed and has now the location in it. So now it is: macbookname:Foldername user$
The foldername changes to the folder I'm currently in.
I have a clue about what this has caused, I made a mistake by typing in cd ` instead of cd ~ The ` is the grave accent.
I can't find anywhere on the internet what cd ` does or what the single ` means in UNIX.
So basically I have 2 questions:
1) How do I remove the location (Foldername) out of this line?
2) What does cd ` mean and has that something to do with what happened.?
Thinks for any help.
Ariel1
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pam_get_user
PAM_GET_USER(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PAM_GET_USER(3)
NAME
pam_get_user -- retrieve user name
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_get_user(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char **user, const char *prompt);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_get_user function returns the name of the target user, as specified to pam_start(3). If no user was specified, nor set using
pam_set_item(3), pam_get_user will prompt for a user name. Either way, a pointer to the user name is stored in the location pointed to by
the user argument.
The prompt argument specifies a prompt to use if no user name is cached. If it is NULL, the PAM_USER_PROMPT item will be used. If that item
is also NULL, a hardcoded default prompt will be used. Either way, the prompt is expanded using openpam_subst(3) before it is passed to the
conversation function.
If pam_get_user is called from a module and the user_prompt option is set in the policy file, the value of that option takes precedence over
both the prompt argument and the PAM_USER_PROMPT item.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_get_user function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO
openpam_subst(3), pam(3), pam_get_authtok(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_set_item(3), pam_start(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_get_user function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS
research program.
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