topic Re: set alias in Operating System - HP-UX

set alias

hangyu — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:35:04 GMT

If I want a group of user has the same alias setting , can advise what can i do ?

alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i -r'
alias rm='rm -i -f '
alias vi='vim'
alias which='alias | /usr/bin/which --tty-only --read-alias --show-dot --show-ti
lde'

Re: set alias

Oviwan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:46:47 GMT

Hy

You can add this to /etc/profile then every user has this.

or you can make a file called .alias and put the aliases in this file. now you can source this file to the profile of the users

source:

. /path_to/.alias

Regards

Re: set alias

SANTOSH S. MHASKAR — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:57:33 GMT

Hi,

For already existing users add alias settings into
users .profile

for new users copy /etc/skel dir to say /etc/skel_new

# cp -Rp /etc/skel /etc/skel_new

then add required alias into /etc/skel_new/.profile

while adding user use -mk /etc/skel_new

for eg.

# useradd -u -g -mk /etc/skel_new

this newly created user will have all the
aliases into his .profile

-Santosh

Re: set alias

Yogeeraj_1 — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:04:27 GMT

hi,

/etc/profile would be the most appropriate place to put them.

But, to avoid that to be too messy, refrain from defining too many aliases as it will affect all the users who log on the system.

Another option is to have a common home directory for that particular group of users and add these aliases to the .profile file.

hope this helps!

kind regards
yogeeraj

Re: set alias

spex — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:10:45 GMT

Hello,

1) Create a new group for users who will have these aliases: 'groupadd aliasgp'.
2) Assign users to this group.
3) Insert a check into /etc/profile:
if [[ "$(id -gn)x" = "aliasgpx" ]]; then ...
4) Place your aliases after this check.
5) Terminate the conditional block with 'fi'.

PCS

Re: set alias

spex — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:16:54 GMT

In my previous example, if you do not wish to make "aliasgp" the users' primary group, change the if-statement to:

if $(id -Gn | grep -q 'aliasgp');
then
...
fi

PCS