Subject: misc/4248: /.cshrc should distinguish non-root login, and give appropriate prompt
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: the Riz <riz@beast.boogers.sf.ca.us>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/09/1997 11:14:08
>Number: 4248
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: root .cshrc should provide non-# prompt when non-root login
>Confidential: yes
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 9 11:20:02 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
>Organization:
>Release: 23 September 1997
>Environment:
System: NetBSD beast.boogers.sf.ca.us 1.2E NetBSD 1.2E (BEAST) #4: Sun Sep 7 11:10:40 PDT 1997 riz@beast.boogers.sf.ca.us:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/BEAST i386
>Description:
When a non-root user has "/" as a home directory, the default .cshrc files
give the user a prompt with '#' in it. This causes some confusion. Users
who are not root should have '%' in place of '#'.
>How-To-Repeat:
Have a user's home directory not available for some reason, and their shell
set to csh (or tcsh). Log in. The prompt will be "hostname# ", where
hostname is the short name of the host being logged into.
>Fix:
Here's a diff from the current root .cshrc:
*** /.cshrc Mon Sep 22 14:33:39 1997
--- .cshrc Thu Oct 9 10:56:02 1997
***************
*** 23,29 ****
alias tset 'set noglob histchars=""; eval `\tset -s \!*`; unset noglob histchars'
if ($?prompt) then
! set prompt="`hostname -s`# "
endif
umask 022
--- 23,33 ----
alias tset 'set noglob histchars=""; eval `\tset -s \!*`; unset noglob histchars'
if ($?prompt) then
! if (`/usr/bin/id -u` == 0) then
! set prompt="`hostname -s`# "
! else
! set prompt="`hostname -s`% "
! endif
endif
umask 022
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