Re: Simple little basic config questions
Haines Brown wrote:
In moving from RedHat to debian, I'm left with some simple little
basic configuration questions. They all relate to a situation in which
I operate at this point from console.
1. Where do I set the global bash prompt format? I changed PS1= in
/etc/profile, but that only affects user, not root.
This is the place; however, users can over-ride this by creating their
own ~/.profile file. I believe a typical Debian setup does not have
personal .profiles in users' home directories by default, but there is
one in root's home directory by default.
2. I had placed the command "setterm -blank 0" in RedHat's
/etc/rc.d/rc.local to block screen blanking while running in
console. Debian does not use that file. What is its equivalent?
Sorry; can't address this one.
3. My usual practice is to avoid xdm and boot to a text login
prompt. To do this, in rc2.d I belive I edited the symlink to the
xdm program, renaming "S99xdm ->..." to "K99xdm ->...". But in
debian I get a beep when I try. Am I imagining I once edited the
name of a symlink? Can't one do it in debian?
Yes, you can do it in Debian. I'm not sure when you're getting the beep;
is it when you're trying to rename the file, or when the script runs, or
what? However, if you don't ever want xdm to run, I'd suggest you just
remove it:
apt-get --purge remove xdm
You can always reinstall it later if you want it:
apt-get install xdm
There are other ways to defeat xdm also, such as renaming the actual
script (not just the symlink) in /etc/init.d, or by placing an "exit 0"
as the first executable line in the script.
--
Kent
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