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Dear All

When i am telnet' ing to some IP, after logging in, i am into some default path.I want to specify "custom path" , that is after logging in , when i do pwd it should be custom path.For this where i have to change the setting or edit the path already specified.

I am having root password.

edit your .profile file and give the path.

cd <pathname>

Hi Krrishv,

In Solaris 10 I don't see .profile file , this file default in solaris system or must be add by user ?

Thank you


Regards

heru

You want to modify login file for "root", you need to identify login shell for the user root and its home directory, post the output of following command:

Code:

grep "root" /etc/passwd

1st Method : - Do ls -la in your home directory you can see a .profile file.

$ ls -la
total 81
drwxr-xr-x 5 x033870 users 4096 Jan 13 23:50 .
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 3 Jan 13 23:46 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 x033870 users 102 Jul 6 2006 .boks_uenv
-rw-r--r-- 1 x033870 users 600 Jul 6 2006 .cshrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 x033870 users 380 Jul 6 2006 .kshrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 x033870 users 681 Jul 6 2006 .login
-rw-r--r-- 1 x033870 users 699 Jan 13 23:50 .profile
-rw------- 1 x033870 users 1608 Jan 13 23:51 .sh_history
-rw-r----- 1 x033870 users 73 Dec 26 06:08 im.sh
drwxr-xr-x 2 x033870 users 96 Dec 26 05:18 take
drwxr-x-wx 2 x033870 users 96 Jan 13 05:54 te
-rw-r----- 1 x033870 users 22 Dec 26 05:22 test
-rw-r----- 1 x033870 users 3 Dec 26 06:03 test1
drwxr-xr-x 2 x033870 users 96 Jan 13 00:29 thr
$ uname -X
System = SunOS
Node = ash
Release = 5.8
KernelID = Generic_117350-41
Machine = sun4u
BusType = <unknown>
Serial = <unknown>
Users = <unknown>
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 8
$ pwd
/home/x033870

Edit the .profile file and add the line cd <path>

then logout and login you will be taken to that directory which u mentioned.

2nd Method : Check for .kshrc or .bashrc file in your home directory with ls -la

edit that file and add a line cd <path>