Customizing New Installed HP-UX

[Amit Dixit_2]

Hi,
I want to stop sendmail services running
on my server and want to set Login prompt
to something like this
hostname:loginname >

How can I do this, so whenever a user logs
onto server he/she should get this login
prompt.

Thanks,
Amit

[Geoff Wild]

vi /etc/rc.config.d/mailservs and set:
export SENDMAIL_SERVER=0

then, /sbin/init.d/sendmail stop

For the prompt:

Don't use ">" - for if you cut'n'paste and accidently select the whole line - you coult over write a file...

In .profile:

HOST=`uname -n`
PS1="\$HOST:\$LOGNAME:\$PWD # ";export PS1

That's what I do.

Rgds...Geoff

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

#cd /etc/rc.config.d
# vi mailservs
set the flag SENDMAIL_SERVER=0
save and clost the file

#/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop

to set the login prompt,in users .profile file make entry

PS1=`hostname`

[Amit Dixit_2]

Geoff,
Thanks
Please is there any way where in
I make modification in a file for login
prompt so it gets automatically updated
in all the user profiles of the system.

Thanks,
Amit

[Geoff Wild · Accepted solution]

Sure - put it in /etc/profile

But if users set it themselves in their own .profiles, then they will overide /etc/profile.

Rgds...Geoff

[Steven E. Protter]

The steps noted above will stop the sendmail daemon from accepting email.

The server will still be capable of using sendmail to SEND mail.

Usually environment variables such as PS1 the prompt are set in a /etc/profile as follows

ENV=/.kshrc


My contents are thus:


PS1=`date -u +%c uname -n`:'$PWD
[!#] '


You can put
PS1=`hostname`:'$LOGNAME' if LOGNAME is set

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