how to enable .bash_history in Voidlinux

how to enable .bash_history in Voidlinux

[tuxracer]

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Hello,

Every time I use up and down arrow keys to get previously issued command, I 
get garbage "l^&($" I edited .bashrc in /root and added

HISTFILE=$HOME/.bash_history
HISTFILESIZE=500
HISTSIZE=500

but it failed. How do I enable .bash_history in Void Linux?

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Re: how to enable .bash_history in Voidlinux

[tuxracer]

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I forgot to mention but I also added

set -o history




On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 11:03:34 AM UTC-7, tuxracer wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Every time I use up and down arrow keys to get previously issued command, 
> I get garbage "l^&($" I edited .bashrc in /root and added
>
> HISTFILE=$HOME/.bash_history
> HISTFILESIZE=500
> HISTSIZE=500
>
> but it failed. How do I enable .bash_history in Void Linux?
>

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Re: how to enable .bash_history in Voidlinux

[Duncaen]

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Have you set the default shell for root to bash or is it still dash?

Am Freitag, 30. Oktober 2015 19:03:34 UTC+1 schrieb tuxracer:
>
> Hello,
>
> Every time I use up and down arrow keys to get previously issued command, 
> I get garbage "l^&($" I edited .bashrc in /root and added
>
> HISTFILE=$HOME/.bash_history
> HISTFILESIZE=500
> HISTSIZE=500
>
> but it failed. How do I enable .bash_history in Void Linux?
>

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Re: how to enable .bash_history in Voidlinux

[tuxracer]

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No I don't think so, I think it is still in dash mode. How do I switch root 
shell type? What file to edit?

Thanks for the hint.


On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 11:29:12 AM UTC-7, Duncaen wrote:
>
> Have you set the default shell for root to bash or is it still dash?
>
> Am Freitag, 30. Oktober 2015 19:03:34 UTC+1 schrieb tuxracer:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Every time I use up and down arrow keys to get previously issued command, 
>> I get garbage "l^&($" I edited .bashrc in /root and added
>>
>> HISTFILE=$HOME/.bash_history
>> HISTFILESIZE=500
>> HISTSIZE=500
>>
>> but it failed. How do I enable .bash_history in Void Linux?
>>
>

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Re: how to enable .bash_history in Voidlinux

[Stefan Mühlinghaus]

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You can edit /etc/passwd and change roots default shell from /bin/sh to 
/bin/bash if you want to make the change permanent. For a one-time change 
you can always just switch the shell by running "exec bash".

I personally prefer the second option because that way shell scripts run as 
root will run under dash which is more restricted by simply having fewer 
features than bash and thus is somewhat more secure.

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Re: how to enable .bash_history in Voidlinux

[Christian Neukirchen]

Stefan Mühlinghaus <master...@googlemail.com> writes:

> You can edit /etc/passwd and change roots default shell from /bin/sh to 
> /bin/bash if you want to make the change permanent. For a one-time change 
> you can always just switch the shell by running "exec bash".

Just use chsh(1).

> I personally prefer the second option because that way shell scripts run as 
> root will run under dash which is more restricted by simply having fewer 
> features than bash and thus is somewhat more secure.

This is not true, since almost all shell scripts have a shebang line
of #!/bin/sh (or #!/bin/bash) which is unrelated to the set shell.
(It would indeed make a difference when no shebang is used.)

-- 
Christian Neukirchen  <chneuk...@gmail.com>  http://chneukirchen.org