On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:30:53 -0400, Veilleux, Jon L wrote: >Could you use something like this in /etc/profile? > ># This line accesses the bash shell for ssh logins >case $TERM in dumb) > : ;; > vt100) > /PortedTools/bash/bin/bash;; > vt340) > /PortedTools/bash/bin/bash;; >*) >esac > o When I ssh (again, to Solaris) with no command given, my $TERM is "xterm-color". I sometimes use other terminal types. How many branches would you want in the case statement?
o When I supply a command, $TERM is unset and tty(1) says, "not a tty". It's a noninteractive shell. And I suspect it doesn't run /etc/profile. o What if the user's preferred shell is not bash? o bash will be entered before running ~/.profile, and the user will need to exit twice to logoff, and ~/.profile will finally run after the first of the two exits. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
