# cp /usr/bin/i86/ksh93 /sbin/sh
will fix your problem.
And also damage the system's consistency.
And it will cause all running copies of sh to crash.
Casper
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Bummer, I thought was done by now, but just hadn't
yet gotten around to
checking.
Could very well be. I know it's being worked on, and I know that preview
binaries are available, perhaps in a package form as well. A little digging on
opensolaris.org will surely turn up what the current
no? Routinely done on HP-UX boxes inside of HP. If
not, then why?
What do you mean by routinely done on HP boxes inside of HP?
Just like Solaris, HP-UX is well known for being forward compatible and
guaranteeing compatibility. I've never observed any of hp's products changing
the root's
You can change your own login shell with passwd -e.
If you mean
hanging /sbin/sh to be ksh93, then you need to
redesign the system or
create your own OpenSolaris-based distribution or
pick one that does
this.
That's exactly right. And the amount of work necessary to implement this
How do I make the change permanent?
To do this, cleanly, in such a way that it scales, you'd have to deliver your
own private copy of ksh93 in /opt/whatever/bin/.
This in turn implies that you'd have to compile ksh93 such, that he looks for
the system-wide configuration files (profile, etc.)
Nico Sabbi schrieb:
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 09:31:49 Richard Zhao wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion
doesn't work in console. why?
because the default shell isn't bash.
run bash or ask your sysadmin to change it definitely in /etc/passwd
(doesn't
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:31:49 PST
Richard Zhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion doesn't work
in console.
why?
What shell are you using? Sounds like you may be logged in as root,
wh/I think defaults to /bin/sh (just coming to Solaris
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 09:31:49 Richard Zhao wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion
doesn't work in console. why?
because the default shell isn't bash.
run bash or ask your sysadmin to change it definitely in /etc/passwd
(doesn't Solaris have chsh? )
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion doesn't work in
console.
why?
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On Wednesday 30 January 2008 10:40:09 UNIX admin wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab
auto-completion doesn't work in console.
why?
Because on Solaris, the default shell for root is /sbin/sh.
This can be fixed very simply:
# exec tcsh -l
And [TAB] completion, as
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab
auto-completion doesn't work in console.
why?
Because on Solaris, the default shell for root is /sbin/sh.
This can be fixed very simply:
# exec tcsh -l
And [TAB] completion, as well as many more advanced features, will become
available.
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:40:09 PST
UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab
auto-completion doesn't work in console.
why?
Because on Solaris, the default shell for root is /sbin/sh.
This can be fixed very simply:
# exec tcsh -l
And
On Jan 30, 2008 7:46 AM, Nico Sabbi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 10:40:09 UNIX admin wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab
auto-completion doesn't work in console.
why?
Because on Solaris, the default shell for root is /sbin/sh.
This can
On 1/30/08, Richard Zhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion doesn't work
in console.
why?
# cp /usr/bin/i86/ksh93 /sbin/sh
will fix your problem.
Jennifer Pioch, Uni Frankfurt
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on none of the linux distributions tcsh is the
default shell;
better advise him something familiar such as bash :)
And what then? Breed an army of users using creating bash script
monstrosities?
How are they ever going to learn something new (and good) if we never show it
to them?
This
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, Richard Zhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion doesn't
work in console.
why?
# cp /usr/bin/i86/ksh93 /sbin/sh
will fix your problem.
Unless, of course, you ever upgrade your system. In that
A linuxer will be like a fish out of water with tcsh.
So what? Remember that they were also once fish out of water with Linux, too.
Note that I have recommended to read the manual page for tcsh as well.
Much easier for
im to change his login shell to bash.
And do what, take the path of
UNIX admin wrote:
on none of the linux distributions tcsh is the
default shell;
better advise him something familiar such as bash :)
And what then? Breed an army of users using creating bash script
monstrosities?
How are they ever going to learn something new (and good) if we never
ux-admin wrote:
Should the root's shell be changed to bash? Definitely not. ksh, fine, if it
must be; ksh93, fine; tcsh, fine; zsh, fine. But can we please kill the bash
abomination on Solaris, and wean users off of it?
This 'my shell is better than your shell' flame war has been going on for
On 1/30/08, James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, Richard Zhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion doesn't
work in console.
why?
# cp /usr/bin/i86/ksh93 /sbin/sh
will fix your problem.
Jennifer Pioch wrote:
On 1/30/08, James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, Richard Zhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion doesn't
work in console.
why?
# cp /usr/bin/i86/ksh93 /sbin/sh
will fix your
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, Richard Zhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab auto-completion doesn't
work in console.
why?
# cp /usr/bin/i86/ksh93 /sbin/sh
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:12:43 -0500
James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, Richard Zhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from linux, and find Tab
For the record, I am long time *BSD user so am quite
familiar with
t/csh and use it routinely.
I never assumed otherwise. Or assumed anything for that matter.
I still wouldn't recommend it, unless it
is default shell on the platform at hand.
IRIX 6.5, anyone?
My shell of preference is
Then teach them ksh (or ksh93) not tcsh. Teach them
something where the
script language is useful.
I'm a firm believer in knowing how to script in both C- and Bourne-family of
shells.
I can script in Bourne family shells, and in fact, do so when I write scripts
that must run without
Ken Gunderson writes:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:12:43 -0500
James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jennifer Pioch writes:
On 1/30/08, Richard Zhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just come to solaris from
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:53:32 PST
UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For the record, I am long time *BSD user so am quite
familiar with
t/csh and use it routinely.
I never assumed otherwise. Or assumed anything for that matter.
I still wouldn't recommend it, unless it
is default
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