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# 8  
Old 07-09-2003
thanks guys ,, i think am getting much close .

i loged as root then changed the shell to ksh ... not editing the /etc/passwd ...

i tried from commnad line :

#alais c=clear
#c

it work .

but when i tried to save it in .profile file i created in / or .kshrc , saved and logged again it did not work

same error ...
#c
c : not found

what i want is to save this alias ( alias c=clear ) so i can use it each time i log automatically

thanks to all
# 9  
Old 07-09-2003
Place the alias in /.kshrc and remember, just logging in won't work. You have to change the shell to ksh, and then source the files.
# echo $SHELL
/sbin/sh
# ksh
# . /.kshrc
#
# 10  
Old 07-10-2003
thanks now it is working ...

but each time i have to enter . /.kshrc !??

guys am confused becouse i have another solaries 7 server and i only created /.kshrc file and i entered all the env i want and all aliases ...

and when i enter thru shell all aliases work without doing anything !

thanks
# 11  
Old 07-10-2003
Quote:
i have another solaries 7 server and i only created /.kshrc file and i entered all the env i want and all aliases ...
And what is the default shell of that user you are logging in as on this other Solaris server?
# 12  
Old 07-10-2003
/bin/ksh
# 13  
Old 07-10-2003
That is why it works. It's automatically running .kshrc and .profile on login. This was mentioned in one of the posts about changing the default shell for root from /sbin/sh to /bin/ksh. The only problem is some UNIX do not recommend this due to the fact that in single-user mode, /bin/ksh may not be mounted (it's a link to /usr/bin/ksh and /usr may not be mounted).
# 14  
Old 07-12-2003
got you ..

no problem and thanks to all .

later
 
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