Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!hao!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!V2002A%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU From: V2002A%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: RE: system wide .login Message-ID: <8176@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 15:58:23 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-adm.8176 Posted: Mon Jul 6 15:58:23 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jul-87 06:24:18 EDT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 10 I've tried to set up a shell script in the systems /etc/profile to read user input and set the terminal type accordingly, but I ran into a problem with the TERM variable being exported to the login shell and not to the users shell. A system wide .login might run into similar 'environment' problems. I'm running System V (ver 3.0) on a 3B2-400. An ATT technician tells me there is a way to fix this. Any ideas on this or the system wide .login?? Andy Wing