On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 04:03:05PM -0600, Alexander Wallace wrote: > Using mesg y fixes the problem... Now, how do I make a mesg y permanent > for each user?
Look in /etc/login.defs and change TTYPERM to 0620 (sorry, I should have mentioned that in my earlier message - although Ben Collins' response to me in bug #59439 suggests that this may not work ... hmm). If that doesn't work, you can put 'mesg y' in /etc/profile. That will apply to login shells started by all users. Per-user configuration is in ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc (for login and non-login shells respectively, see the INVOCATION section in 'man bash'). > Is there a way to make that change automatic for every new user that I > create from now on? Changes to /etc/profile will apply both to all current users and to all users you create in the future. To cause changes to ~/.bash* to be the default for future users, edit the respective files in the /etc/skel directory. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
