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From: jcbst3@cisunx.UUCP (James C. Benz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: rsh environment
Keywords: no /etc/profile sourced?
Message-ID: <14640@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 88 23:30:18 GMT
References: <1276@uwbull.uwbln.UUCP>
Reply-To: jcbst3@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (James C. Benz)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <1276@uwbull.uwbln.UUCP> ckl@uwbln.UUCP (Christoph Kuenkel) writes:
>Is there any way to alter the default environment setting used when
>rsh (the bsd remote shell) executes commands?
>
>our rsh (bull sps9 with spix os) sets up an default environment
>
HUH?  (cr,h,...)ackers anyone?  Isn't rsh RESTRICTED shell?  Anyway,
why not just set these in .profile using standard UNIX syntax ala
HOME=/usr/mydirectory;export HOME
That is, if you have permissions on .profile.
Or is YOUR UNIX *different* than mine (AT&T)?