How create 2 differente history file for the same login ?

[cariteyp]

HPUX 11
Ksh
We are 2 people who use the same login (for database administration).
So we use the same history file.

I find a solution to know the client IP PC, then I can use specific variable for each users.
Where and what is the environment variable to solve this newbie problem ?

Thank you for you help.

What is the best solution to create

[Pete Randall]

Finding IP address:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=941849


Pete

[Pete Randall]

Sorry, should have mentioned this in the last response:

You shouldn't share the login. Login as yourself and then su to the DBA login.


Pete

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

use that approach to add the client hostname to the HISTFILE definition in .profile:
remhost=`who am i -R | awk '{print(substr($NF,2,length($NF)-2))}'`
HISTFILE=/tmp/hist.$LOGNAME.$remhost
export HISTFILE

mfG Peter

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

I forget to say it explicitly: my previous solution is NOT selecting different history files on a per username-of-incoming-user base but on a per localuser-of-incoming-hostname base.

mfG Peter

[cariteyp]

Here HISTFILE is not define.

I put in .profile :
HISTFILE=$HOME/.sh_history.tmp
export HISTFILE

I use an other terminal for a new login,
I test echo $HISTFILE
no problem.
But the history is always in .sh_history ?!

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

create the history file in using

touch $HISTFILE

Log off an on again, then do
echo $HISTFILE
pwd
ls -l $HISTFILE

Check/send the output.

mfG Peter

[cariteyp]

toto@hp2:/home/toto> echo $HISTFILE
/home/toto/.sh_history.tmp
toto@hp2:/home/toto> pwd
/home/toto
toto@hp2:/home/toto> ls -l $HISTFILE
-rw------- 1 toto dba 0 Jun 8 15:16 /home/toto/.sh_history.tmp

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

if you start a subshell, do you get entries in $HISTFILE ?

: /usr/bin/ksh
pwd
ls -l $HISTFILE

or as second test:
: exec /usr/bin/ksh
...

If that fails, send yout .profile.

mfG Peter

[cariteyp]

Indeed if I start a subshell, It's OK ....
Then I put in the end of .profile the line :
exec ksh

I don't know if it is the best solution, but it works ....

Thank you for you help.

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

perhaps you better try to put the HISTFILE stuff in ~/.kshrc like this:
In .profile:
...
ENV=~/.kshrc
export ENV

In .kshrc put all really ksh components:
HISTFILE=...
HISTSIZE=192
FCEDIT=vi
...

mfG Peter

[Victor Fridyev]

Hi,

I have a group of administrators who work with the same account, so in order to have different history files, I added to .profile:
export HISTFILE=/tmp/hist$(tty|sed 's?/??g')

HTH

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Hi,
The previous solutions should have worked...
The reason it doesnt will be diificult to answer for you didnt say HOW you connetc yourself!
If CDE for instance it may be you left in .dtprofile:
> # DTSOURCEPROFILE=true

So read carefully and if you meet the prereqs
uncomment the line!

Then it will take into account .profile


All the best
Victor