profiles and search paths

[cbc4u]

I was wondering what files control the login enviroment and
what determines the shell and the unique settings for each user. Also how to easily adjust search paths for commands.
Also if there is any tutorials on this subject that hits the nail on the head,


Thanks in advance, Jeff

 

[olded]

Hi:

Generally, if you are using Bourne, sh, or Korn shell, ksh, the setup files are normally /etc/profile (to set up globals for everybody) or .profile in the user's home directory.

The user's default shell in set by the user's entry in /etc/passwd. This was set when the user was originally set up or later when a unix admin changed it.

Most any system administration book should cover this in greater detail.

Regards,


Ed

 

[mystery8]

Hey ...

a list of files that are responsible for ur login ENV

/etc/bashrc
/etc/profile

($HOME)/.bashrc
($HOME)/.bash_profile
($HOME)/.bash_login
($HOME)/.login
($HOME)/.profile

Different files are used depending upon the Login shell (BASH,sh et cetera). and theres also a different priority list of the files in ($HOME). As in a shell may first look for .bash_profile. if thats not found then it may look for .profile et cetera

It can be interesting to find, which shell uses which file and in wat order . try it out ;-)

ciao
mystery !?