iam not getting histoty

[RAKUNTA]

hi i am new to hp-ux .in my system i have 11iv3 b.11.31. if log in as a root i am not getting a history of commands.
as a user i am getting history of commands.....
and hp will support bash r are not ????
please give me a advise.

[singh sanjeev]

as root you can see history with :
do esc and to navigate :HJKL ;left,up,down,right

[singh sanjeev]

Hp will support bash r are not ????

Yes bash is supported by HPux

[singh sanjeev]

if you not see them as root ,then check with env command whether HISTORY has been set for root or not.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

In root's '.profile' add these lines:

export EDITOR=vi
export HISTFILE={HOME}/.sh_history

Logout and login again.

While you can use the 'bash' shell, whatever you do do not make it the default shell for 'root' by changing the '/etc/passwd' initial program specification from '/sbin/sh' to *anything* else. If you do, your server will be un-startable.

Regards!

...JRF...

[RAKUNTA]

Mr.sanjeev thanks for ur reply. but how can i get bash .

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] hp will support bash r are not ????

> Yes bash is supported by HPux

You can use "bash" on HP-UX, but that does
not mean that HP supports "bash".

> [...] but how can i get bash .

Did you try a Web search for keywords like,
say:
bash hp-ux
?

[Bill Hassell]

bash is not part of the installation for HP-UX. It can be found for 11.31 at the HP-UX Porting Centre:

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Shells/bash-4.1.005/

NOTE: this is not a complete package but requires additional packages: gettext libiconv termcap. Be sure to read the documentation.

If you login as root, the shell will be the POSIX shell (/sbin/sh) and as mentioned above, must remain as this shell. BASH and the POSIX shells are fairly similar although there are a number BASH-only features that you will need to know. The POSIX shell and the Korn shell (/usr/bin/ksh) are much closer in terms of features.