UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I am trying to modifying the root user .profile file, but I cannot find it.

If I do the command "echo $SHELL", i get /sbin/sh

Where is the .profile located at? Sun's doc says the users home folder. I'm logged in as root, but when I go "/home", I don't see it

Please help

The .profile will be available in '/' . Check it there.

Check in /etc/passwd what is the HOME set for the root user.
goto root home and ls -a

Hi,

Is there some type of special command I have to type to access it?

For example, I'm in '/' now. So, I execute the command "vi .profile" and it creates a new file, so it's not finding the .profile. Ultimately, I would like to add an environment variable to this file. I have found a .profile in /export/home, but it has none of the entries that I see when i execute the env command?

It sounds like you don't have a .profile yet. So just create one.

Hi,

in passwd file, the entry for root is below:

root:x:0:10:Super-User:/:/sbin/sh

Well, if I don't have a .profile, what files are my environment variables being set in. if I do a env, I can already see values set the $PATH, I just cannot find the file where these values are stored.

The login program will initialize the environment if you went though the login program. Documented in "man login" Then most shells have a global startup script that affects all users. Documented in the man page for your shell...in this case /etc/profile.