In Solaris(command Line ), How to get the previous commands?
 

Hi friends,
I tried with "UP" Keys but I am getting some special charaters only,
Is there any method to get the previous commands?

Kindly advice

...arun

did you try the 'history' command? It is typically enabled in Solaris.

The default shell (/bin/sh) which is the original Bourne shell doesn't has this feature.
You need to switch to a shell providing command history, like bash, ksh or zsh.

Thanks Jessy &jlliagre ,

1) I tried the command 'history',which is not working and I don't kow how can i switch to other shells ?

2) How can i know that which shell is using currently?


....Arun

I suspect you are logged in as root. This is a very bad practice, as you can easily break the system with a mistake.

Create a user account and stick to it.

Here are some commands that will create a user account for you with a shell you are familiar with:

After you have created an ordinary account (which has bash shell), you can use arrow up, and also write "history" and you will get a list of old commands. Like:

1 ls -la
2 cat kebap.txt
3 cat orvar.txt

then you can write

!ca

and press enter, then it will execute the latest command that started with "ca" which is "cat orvar.txt" in this case.

Thaks for your advice kebabbert,

& jlliagre you are 100% right i am using only root login for my past 1 year in Debian & now that is continuing in SUN also..Thanking you for leading me to the right direction,

Arun
( Yesterday i just typed #bash(accidently) in command prompt , after that i am getting the history)

jlliagre,

I created the user and , read the man pages to understand the options (like -m,-P),but still some more doubts!

1) -k /etc/skel is to copy the profile, what are the advantage of this?

2) echo "* -fstype=lofs :/export/home/&" >> /etc/auto_home ,

This command appended a line in /etc/auto_home , but for other uses ,we are manually updating this line, for this user(kcarun) the line is differ from others?


3)"/usr/sbin/automount -v" is used for what purpose?

Kindly Advice

Arun

Well, it copies the profile files, no big deal.
The line I append is equivalent to the one you had with these differences:
- lofs is faster than nfs
- it works for all users, no need to specify one line for each one.

It reloads the settings.

thanks jlliagre for the help

(The profile files are used to setup the environment (PATH, etc) once and for all for each new user, and then every new user will use the environment you just setup. If you dont do this, every user has to setup for instance, the PATH variable)

/etc/sudoers
 

Ok kebabbert,

now i am using my new id for login,

In debian by editing "/etc/sudoers " file we can give permisson for executing commands ,

that arrangement is not in Solaris?


...ARUN

If you followed the instructions I posted, you are granted the "Primary Administrator" role.
You can run any command as root by prefixing it by "pfexec".

HI jlliagre,

I tried pfexec method, but it is not working.

At the time of creating this user i am suspectingthat I changed the below selected part as "Primary Admin", that is only a description of the user or it is the critical part of the command?


How can I findout the rights of the user(kcarun) ?

reg

Arun

Your test didn't demonstrate it worked or not but just that ifconfig isn't in the PATH. You should have run "pfexec /usr/sbin/ifconfig ..." instead.
A simple test to check your settings:
It is indeed critical.
The profiles precisely:
And to fix them if you misspelt Administrator:

Thanks jlliagre

Yes now it is working ,

In my system i am planing to create one more user ,then how can i controll the use of "pfexec" by that user?

What are the necessary actions while creating an Ordinary user with very low rights?

...Arun

Accidently i posted 2 times, So edited the msg and removed the comments, ( I dont kow how to remove a posted reply)

Sorry for the trouble
..ARUN

A user is already created by default with "very low" rights, i.e. no administrative rights.

You can remove previously granted rights with this command:

jlliagre , Now it is clear.

One of my first cousin is sparingly use my system to view some examination results, I am planing to add a user account for him. Is it possible to create an account with out password? and can log on to GUI for browsing?

Passwordless acounts are risky but you can give your cousin an empty password.

if you are using bash, then the up cursor key will do, but for korn shell, issue first the command set -o vi. to get to the previous command, press escape key followed by small letter k (similar to vi)

How to get yesterday's command fired in solaris
 

Hi all,

Can anybody help me by providing the path or command to know the list of commands fired yesterday in solaris terminal?

for example as today is 18.10.2012.. I want to know yesterday (17.10.2012) what were the commands fired in solaris terminal.?

pls help.

There is no timestamping in shell history so there is no way to get that information unless you are using a recent enough bash release and have properly set the HISTTIMEFORMAT variable. If you are using ksh, there are hacks to have your prompt saving the timestamp in the history file.