[SLL] what do you do every time for new systems?

[Brian Hatch]

Just about 2008-03-22 09:26 -0500, Jeremy C. Reed opined:

> What do you do every time (or frequently) when you install or login to a 
> new system (that you will continue to use as an admin)?

$ mkdir .bri
$ svn co https://svn.ifokr.org/(redacted)/brihomedir
$ make


;-)


> If I am using tcsh, I usually stay with it but add to ~/.login:
...
> I prefer ksh or bash over tcsh, so I may use chsh to choose a different 
> shell.

echo '(/bin/ksh || /bin/bash || /bin/sh && exit)' >> ~/.login

> If I am using ksh, I usually stay with it. I may add to ~/.profile a 
> custom prompt like:
> PS1=`hostname -s`':${PWD}$ '
> or
> PS1=`hostname -s`:'${PWD##/*/}'"$ "

I like two line prompts that are copy/pastable for scp, rsync and friends

PS1=`whoami`@`hostname -s`':${PWD}
$ '

That way you always have (screenwidth - 2) chars for your command line,
and can copy/paste whatever part of the user at host:path you want.



-- 
Brian Hatch                  I used to have a handle
   Systems and                on life, but it broke off.
   Security Engineer
http://www.ifokr.org/bri/

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