individual config file

Craig Tooker craig at cwtsoftware.com
Thu Dec 15 08:12:05 PST 2011


On 12/15/2011 10:59, Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants) wrote:
> Believe it or not at 12/15/2011 10:47 AM, Kenneth Brody said:
>> On 12/15/2011 10:00 AM, Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants) wrote:
>>> Running filePro 5.6 on SCO Unix 5.0.7 Korn shell.
>>> I need to setup individual config files for certain users.  I set the
>>> environment variable PFCONFIG in the users .profile but when I log in
>>> as the user the environment variable doesn't appear and the personal
>>> config file doesn't show.  If I set the variable from the command
>>> prompt it appears and the personal config file shows.
>>>
>>> Entry in .profile
>>> PFCONFIG=/u/appl/fp/lib/config.sam
>>> export PFCONFIG
>>>
>>> What am I missing?
>> What shell are they using?  As I recall, some shells use a file
>> other than "~/.profile".  For example, I believe the C shell uses "~/.cshrc".
>>
>> --
>> Kenneth Brody
> korn shell
> I made the same entries in .kshrc but it didn't work.
> PFCONFIG=/u/appl/fp/lib/config.sam;export PFCONFIG
You've checked the /etc/passwd file to make sure they are using /bin/ksh 
or on your system /bin/sh is a link to /bin/ksh ?  Most Linux 
distributions default /bin/sh as a link to /bin/bash.

Are the lines in this email a cut and paste from the lines in the config 
file?

Craig

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