10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
A very basic query.
I am working on two different UNIX servers and I see different behaviours for my user id. This has to be a setting in the .profile, but I can't seem to find where :confused:
So, in one server if I type echo $XYZDD (a random variable), I get a blank line with no... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ALDonP
2 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all,
I am having an issue setting up an environment on .profile. I want to set up my .profile in that way that everytime I login to the host, it should automatically set up my group. I tried the folllowing but it doesn't work. It is on the solaris OS.
HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
if ] || ]... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pateltiger
14 Replies
3. AIX
LOGNAME variable is set as READONLY in .profile.
I want to make it WRITEABLE so that I can modify the LOGNAME values programatically/throush shell programs.
Thanks,
Guru (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: gurubbc
1 Replies
4. Solaris
Hi all,
I don't want to enter below command on solaris every time.
How do i permanently set this command on Solaris.
I know that this operation is a piece of cake on redhat because there is a /etc/rc.local file on it.
But Solaris ????
bash-3.00#export PS1="\e (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: getrue
2 Replies
5. Solaris
for some reason my profile doesnt seem to be loading.
here is some info
$SHELL /sbin/sh
$HOME / (yup, im running at root, its a VM and im using it to learn)
created /.profile
added something simple to test, PS1="test"
logout and back in, open a terminal... prompt is still #
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jrich523
2 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to execute my .profile which has the path to oracle home. But when I execute it with the below command it says nothing and when I try to echo the ORACLE_HOME I am still in my home directory itself which means it didn't get executed.
Please help how to make sure that .profile is... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: dsravan
6 Replies
7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am using a telnet session (VT100) and need to modify my .profile so that it will set the color of the telnet session. I am not using Xterm (ie: can't use .Xdefaults). I am able to change the colors via menu's but need to preset in .profile. Is this possible??? Can't find anything at all on how... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dvella
3 Replies
8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
i am changing something in .profile file and then esc :wq!. when i do the cat i can see the changes. but to bring the .profile in memory i have to do . .profile.but it says error while doing that is . .profile
ksh: .profile: not found.
can any body help
thanks in advance
sam71 (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sam71
7 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
When logging into solaris box through ssh, my profile does not get set correctly and I'm presented with the default ksh prompt "$".
When logging in through telnet, everything is set correctly. Is there a special profile that sshd runs?
ssh2: F-Secure SSH 2.4.0 (build 15) on sparc-sun-solaris2.8 (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: dangral
0 Replies
10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I wanted to add /home/oracle/sql to my path so that from which ever directory i connect to sqlplus i should be able to source the .sql files sitting in /home/oracle/sql. Also,
this is what i tried but it doenst work
# Set up the search paths:
export ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jigarlakhani
2 Replies