Re: Fedora 8: tcsh .history file destroyed on exit?

Well, that seems to indicate that root still has bash as its shell, as
is the default on Fedora (and almost any Linux/Unix system). So either
change root's shell in /etc/passwd (but, maybe this will break something
in the system!), execute tcsh every time you use su, of just accept that
root uses bash and modify your customizations to work in bash (if it's
just a small set of environment settings, aliases etc).

It has /bin/tcsh as the shell in /etc/passwd (the first thing I checked, of
course). Maybe it's actually reading a shadow file? Some sort of security
thing, where "security" is defined as "if you can't use it, you can't break
it".


But for other bits of work, I prefer xterm, mutt, vi etc. It's all about
choice and freedom, so everyone can pick their own set of tools.

Well, it SHOULD be, but it seems as though there's a faction in the
development>
community that wants everyone to use their Windows look-alike "desktop". I
get>
the impression their real desire is to keep Microsoft from making more
money,
instead of providing alternatives to MS's gawdawful (to my taste) GUI.

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