06-13-2005
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Originally Posted by sravusa
Do I change the /etc/profile ?
Thanks
That's the way to do it. The /etc/profile is sourced whenever any user logs in with sh/ksh/bash. However, if you have any users using csh/tcsh, you would have to set this path in either one of /etc/csh.cshrc or /etc/csh.login (though /etc/csh.cshrc would be sourced even on using 'su').
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
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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