I am using Solaris 9 and am trying to set the EDITOR environment
variable for the root user (and for everyone else for that matter) so
that I can edit crontab files. Soalris defults to the horrible ed
editor (why?) and I would prefer to use vi.

I've seen people say to edit the /etc/profile file but I don't know
excatly what to add to make it work, and since this is a production
machine that we host for a College, I don't want to go off half-cocked
and break something.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Hi Mutts, to set root profile you need edit /.profile this is the root
profile... /etc/profile it's a common profile for all users.

try add this at end in /.profile

# vi /.profile
....
....
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR
TERM=vt100
export TERM

if you use bash

export EDITOR=vi
export TERM=vt100

and then exit and relogin again...

SalU2,

Mariano


mutts ha escrito:

> I am using Solaris 9 and am trying to set the EDITOR environment
> variable for the root user (and for everyone else for that matter) so
> that I can edit crontab files. Soalris defults to the horrible ed
> editor (why?) and I would prefer to use vi.
>
> I've seen people say to edit the /etc/profile file but I don't know
> excatly what to add to make it work, and since this is a production
> machine that we host for a College, I don't want to go off half-cocked
> and break something.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks

Thats what I needed, thanks a lot
Germen wrote:
> Hi Mutts, to set root profile you need edit /.profile this is the root
> profile... /etc/profile it's a common profile for all users.
>
> try add this at end in /.profile
>
> # vi /.profile
> ...
> ...
> EDITOR=vi
> export EDITOR
> TERM=vt100
> export TERM
>
> if you use bash
>
> export EDITOR=vi
> export TERM=vt100
>
> and then exit and relogin again...
>
> SalU2,
>
> Mariano
>
>
> mutts ha escrito:
>
> > I am using Solaris 9 and am trying to set the EDITOR environment
> > variable for the root user (and for everyone else for that matter) so
> > that I can edit crontab files. Soalris defults to the horrible ed
> > editor (why?) and I would prefer to use vi.
> >
> > I've seen people say to edit the /etc/profile file but I don't know
> > excatly what to add to make it work, and since this is a production
> > machine that we host for a College, I don't want to go off half-cocked
> > and break something.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks

Words to the wise, "Germen" <mariano.obarrio@gmail.com> wrote:


>and then exit and relogin again...

doesnt "source .profile" work in this case?
--
Claus Dragon <clauskick@mpsahotmail.com>
=(UDIC)=
d++ e++ T--
K1!2!3!456!7!S a27
"Coffee is a mocker. So, I am going to mock."

- Me, lately.

Hi Claus,

the .profile is only read after login...but if you need use the
changes in that moment execute ". /.profile" for root profile.

Mariano

Claus Dragon ha escrito:

> Words to the wise, "Germen" <mariano.obarrio@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >and then exit and relogin again...
>
> doesnt "source .profile" work in this case?
> --
> Claus Dragon <clauskick@mpsahotmail.com>
> =(UDIC)=
> d++ e++ T--
> K1!2!3!456!7!S a27
> "Coffee is a mocker. So, I am going to mock."
>
> - Me, lately.

Germen wrote:
> Hi Claus,
>
> the .profile is only read after login...but if you need use the
> changes in that moment execute ". /.profile" for root profile.
>
> Mariano
>
> Claus Dragon ha escrito:
>
> > Words to the wise, "Germen" <mariano.obarrio@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >and then exit and relogin again...
> >
> > doesnt "source .profile" work in this case?
> > --
> > Claus Dragon <clauskick@mpsahotmail.com>
> > =(UDIC)=
> > d++ e++ T--
> > K1!2!3!456!7!S a27
> > "Coffee is a mocker. So, I am going to mock."
> >
> > - Me, lately.

"source" is only used in csh ( maybe tcsh as well but I don't know )

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:15:44 -0700, slackware guy wrote:

> "source" is only used in csh ( maybe tcsh as well but I don't know )

Wrong.

Dave Uhring wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:15:44 -0700, slackware guy wrote:
>
> > "source" is only used in csh ( maybe tcsh as well but I don't know )
>
> Wrong.

Elaborate

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:21:58 -0700, slackware guy wrote:

>
> Dave Uhring wrote:
>> On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:15:44 -0700, slackware guy wrote:
>>
>> > "source" is only used in csh ( maybe tcsh as well but I don't know )
>>
>> Wrong.
>
> Elaborate

man bash

source filename [arguments]

Dave Uhring wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:21:58 -0700, slackware guy wrote:
>
> >
> > Dave Uhring wrote:
> >> On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:15:44 -0700, slackware guy wrote:
> >>
> >> > "source" is only used in csh ( maybe tcsh as well but I don't know )
> >>
> >> Wrong.
> >
> > Elaborate
>
> man bash
>
> source filename [arguments]

So this means the source manpage is incomplete because it does not
mention bash or tcsh.
How are these pages updated?