Re: /bin/sh command history in NetBSD/i386

[Marco Beishuizen <mbeis%xs4all.nl@localhost>]

On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, the wise Robert Elz wrote:

> /etc/profile and .profile are read only in login shells.  By default an xterm
> won't start its shell that way - you need the -ls option to the xterm, or
> have "xterm*loginShell: true" in your X resources.

...

> How are you actually connecting/logging in ?

...

> If you're using a display managed (xdm or similar) then you'll need to
> arrange to either set ENV in its config file (somehow) or set up the
> default resources so that the loginShell resource gets set (xterms don't
> have a menu entry for this one - it would be useless, the shell gets
> started before you would get a chance to use it).

I'm logging in with xdm. Adding "xterm*loginShell: true" in 
.Xdefaults solved the problem.

So thanks for all the help!

Regards,
Marco
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