individual config file

[Bob Rasmussen]

IIRC, it is possible with options in the 'ps' command to see what 
environment variables are in place in another running process. Could this 
be used to see what the final environment was in the malfunctioning login?

On Thu, 15 Dec 2011, Brian K. White wrote:

> On 12/15/2011 11:12 AM, Craig Tooker wrote:
> > 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
> 
> On SCO OSR5 /bin/sh and /bin/ksh will both read ~/.profile and neither 
> is a link to bash or anything else. /bin/sh is an old bourne shell, 
> stock /bin/ksh is ksh88. ksh93 is available in an add-on but it does not 
> overwrite /bin/ksh. (ksh93 will read ~/.profile too)
> Bash is available in an add-on too, but unlike in most linux distros, 
> the bash install does not include fake sh or ksh links.
> 
> On 5.0.6 and 5.0.7 in particular, ~ is in /u by default, which is 
> different from where it was in older versions, /usr,
> and may be changed in /etc/default/accounts to something more sensible 
> like /home.
> Lots of opportunities for things to not be where you expect them and few 
> assumptions are safe.
> 
> .kshrc is the wrong place for this, but never the less it should have 
> worked, so it's interesting that it didn't. That hints at wrong 
> directory or wrong ownerships or permissions.
> 
> Please show the following:
> 
> grep "^username:" /etc/passwd
> 
> ls -l /u/username
> 
> ls -lR /u/username
> 
> cat /u/username/.profile
> 
> -- 
> bkw
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