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From: karish@denali.UUCP (karish)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: 4bsd .login and .cshrc
Message-ID: <27@denali.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 88 16:30:29 GMT
References: <326@ivory.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <7765@apple.Apple.Com> <27717@linus.UUCP> <111@infmx.UUCP>
Reply-To: crkarish@stanford.edu (Chuck Karish)
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
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Summary: AIX is different.

In article <111@infmx.UUCP> aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney) writes:
>In article <27717@linus.UUCP>, jfjr@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Jerome Freedman) writes:
>>   Excuse my ignorance but this is a chance to nibble away at
>> it. Could someone explain to me, for 4.2 especially the Sun
>> version exactly how and in what order the .login and .cshrc
>> files are read (executed?). How are these files handled when
>> you initiate Suntools? How are they handled if you "su" to
>> another account?
>
>The .cshrc file is read and executed (if possible) upon every csh
>fireup, INCLUDING the login shell.  The .login is read and executed 
>AFTER the .cshrc.  If either file is not owned by the person logging
>in, it is not executed.  (Of course, root can use /usr/5bin/chown to
>change ownership for a new user.)
>
>> How are they handled if you "su" to another account? 
>
>When using "su": if the default shell for the user su'd to is csh,
>that user's .cshrc is executed.

Csh behaves differently on some SysV systems.  AIX doesn't source
.cshrc on an su.  This causes me no end of annoyance and confusion
when I maintain workstations whose users insist on making root's
default shell csh (yes, I know how to fix this with an alias).

AIX also will refuse a login if the user does not own his/her
.cshrc, .login, or .profile.

Chuck