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: LUG: bash support with realm *nix
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: Gary Gatling <gsgatlin@ncsu.[redacted]>
Date
: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:34:10 -0400
Hello,
Our Realm Linux environment here at NCSU has had tcsh be the default shell
users get for a long time. (Forver probably) MIT was using cshell for
users in project athena. And since our system was based off of athena,
this made sense back in the day.
These days it seems bash is the most popular shell with Linux distros.
Realm Linux actually has support built in for Unity users who have their
default shell set to bash. But currently there isn't a way for users to
change their default shell. In addition, many lockers do not yet support
being "added" under bash. (Most all engineering lockers are fixed for
bash but others need fixing...)
If there were a sysnews tool to allow users to change their shell, sort of
like how users can adjust their quota, would anyone on this list be
interested in seeing that and switchimg from tcsh to bash? A list of users
will help persuade the powers that be that work can proceed on this. I
have also started seraching our remedy call tracking system but I suspect
many more people might request it if it were to be officially supported
by the university.
The idea is that we would still allow users to use tcsh if they are happy.
But switch to making bash the default for new accounts once all the bugs
have been worked out. Users in the college of engineering who log into
UNIX (SPARC Solaris 10 via remote.eos.ncsu.edu) would also be able to use
bash since I just fixed that problem.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks,
Gary Gatling | ITECS Systems
ITECS, BOX 7901 | Operations and Systems Analyst
NCSU, Raleigh, NC | Email: gsgatlin@ncsu.[redacted]
27695-7901 | Phone: (XXX) 513-4572 (5C Page Hall)
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