Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!ihnp1!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: setting TERM on SYS Vr2 Message-ID: <515@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 15:07:07 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.515 Posted: Tue Feb 26 15:07:07 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 04:20:56 EST References: <8637@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 17 > Those users could have their .profile, then `exec' their > as the last statement. That can be done - it's what we did before we fixed "login" to permit you to set TERM and TZ directly. However: 1) it's a kludge, the need for which can be obviated by a minor change to "login"; 2) it requires the system administrator to go through a song-and-dance to set up their account ("No, Fred, you don't just set their "shell" field to "/op/op/programs/shell", you leave it blank and stick the following in their .profile...") - i.e., it renders the "shell" field of the password file largely useless. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy