Re: where is NNTPSERVER variable set?
On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Peter Granroth wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 07:50:22PM -0500, the lone gunman shared with us the following words of wisdom:
> >
> > I moved back to school, and now must use a different news server than
> > the one I used at home. Where do I change where the NNTPSERVER
> > environment variable is originally initialized? Changing
> > /etc/nntpserver doesn't seem to do it.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> since you didn't tell what shell you use, I'll assume bash. the global
> configuration files are /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc, and personal config
> files are ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc. For more info on how bash uses
> these files, chek out the "Invocation" section in the bash man page.
> In your casse, simply put the following line in /etc/profile:
I thought it was read from /etc/news/server? Unless that is trn specific,
that is where mine is set. Cheers.
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Colin Telmer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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