The use of allexport in my previous submission was considered "too
clever," and the source of possible user confusion. Rather than fight that
battle, here is a version with explicit exporting of variables, and a
helpful message at the top that attempts to explain why exporting is
important. The following one line would still need to be added to root's
dot.profile, however the line numbering in the patch below will be off.
> For root's dot.profile you need to add the following:
>
> --- dot.profile Sat Mar 25 23:24:25 2000
> +++ dot.profile.root Sat Mar 25 23:41:15 2000
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
> # Export all the environment variables to clean things up a bit
> set -o allexport
>
> +HOME=/root
> +
> # Remove /usr/games and /usr/X11R6/bin if you want
>
>
>PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:$HOME/bin
All opinions to the contrary aside, I welcome additional comments
or suggestions.
Doug
--
"So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into
existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously.
The master simply replied, "Mu."
# $FreeBSD$
#
# .profile - Bourne Shell startup script for login shells
#
# see also sh(1), environ(7).
#
# You should set variables in this file that are needed by both your shell
# and other processes that are started from it. These variables should
# be exported so that processes outside the shell can see them. Other
# variables that are only needed by the shell, or that only apply to
# interactive (and/or login) shells should be set in .shrc.
# Remove /usr/games and /usr/X11R6/bin if you want
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:$HOME/bin
export PATH
# Setting TERM is normally done through /etc/ttys. Only override
# if you're sure that you'll never log in via telnet, xterm or a
# serial line.
# Use cons25l1 for iso-* fonts
TERM=${TERM:-cons25}
export TERM
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR
PAGER=more
export PAGER
BLOCKSIZE=K
export BLOCKSIZE
# Set ENV to a file invoked each time sh is started for interactive use.
ENV=$HOME/.shrc; export ENV
