Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!hollie.rdg.dec.com!ryn.mro4.dec.com!santur.tay1.dec.com From: shah@santur.tay1.dec.com (Amitabh Shah) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Pretty prompt Message-ID: <5309@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Date: 18 Jun 91 14:47:21 GMT References: <1991Jun13.163726.10604@umiami.ir.miami.edu> <13562@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <5270@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Sender: news@ryn.mro4.dec.com Reply-To: shah@santur.tay1.dec.com (Amitabh Shah) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, TAY1, Littleton MA Lines: 40 In-reply-to: smw@trm.concordia.ca ( Steven Winikoff ) In article , smw@trm ( Steven Winikoff ) writes: > >Don't tell me... There are people at DEC who like tcsh??? > >I must be hallucinating! Obviously this can't possibly be true. > >Okay, I admit I'm being sarcastic. However, the aforementioned "conclusion" >follows from the fact that vipw on Ultrix 4.1 has /bin/sh and /bin/csh coded >directly into it, leading one to believe that DEC also hates the Korn shell >(which is interesting, since this one is supplied with the system!). > >What's going on, guys? Will we ever return from the dark ages and simply >accept whatever happens to be in /etc/shells? Isn't that what /etc/shells >is *for*???? > >I *like* tcsh myself. Why can't I choose to use it as root on my single-user >workstation without having to write my own vipw? > FWIW, /etc/shells on my machine (running Ultrix 4.1) looks like: /bin/sh /bin/csh /usr/bin/ksh /usr/bin/sh5 /usr/local/bin/tcsh The first four came with the system, I added the fifth later. I have been using tcsh for both, my personal account and the root account. I changed both of these using chsh after modifying /etc/shells. Yes, some people at DEC do like tcsh! -amitabh _______________________________________________________________________________ Amitabh Shah shah@santur.tay1.dec.com--(INTERNET) Digital Equipment Corporation {..}!decwrl!santur.tay1!shah--(UUCP) TP Systems Performance +1 508 952 4430--------------(PHONE) 151 Taylor St. Littleton MA 01460 +1 508 952 4197----------------(FAX)