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popcorn
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response 25 of 31:
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Dec 4 16:33 UTC 1995 |
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gull
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response 26 of 31:
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Dec 20 03:34 UTC 1995 |
I don't think I'd feel qualified to be a helper yet....while I'm fairly
familiar with Unix, at least enough to get around, I'm not real familiar
with the vaugaries of Grex (changing from BBS to another shell is a good
example.)
I keep a Unix reference on my desk, so that kind of stuff I can look up, but
Grex has lots of unusual, weird, and undocumented quirks I'm just not
familiar with.
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rcurl
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response 27 of 31:
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Dec 20 04:41 UTC 1995 |
You picked the ULTIMATE TEST for helpers - how to change from bbs to unix.
Even the unix gurus here (with root) say "Well...why don't I do that for
you?" :) [I have, though, talked a user through it ... though he knew
some unix to start with.]
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kaplan
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response 28 of 31:
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Dec 21 05:07 UTC 1995 |
re 27: Hu? Doesn't the "change" program work pretty well?
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janc
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response 29 of 31:
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Dec 21 06:14 UTC 1995 |
No, because "bbs" uses a .profile while most of the other shells use a
".login", so you also have to help the user generate an appropriate start-up
file when you make that shell change. I usually steal one from the last
person in the passwd file with the same shell, edit a copy myself to match
the settings to what the user has in his existing file, and give him the
command to copy it over to his account. Or at least I used to do it that
way before I was root.
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rcurl
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response 30 of 31:
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Dec 21 06:46 UTC 1995 |
There are also "master copies" at /.cshrc and /.login (and both are
needed). "change" can then be used to change the shell.
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jhudson
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response 31 of 31:
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Jan 26 17:01 UTC 2004 |
Yeah, I've told people to run !change.
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