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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: .kermrc initialization file
Date: 6 Apr 2000 15:57:43 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <1Z1H4.91$Td7.9173@sapphire.mtt.net>, Grant <1@2.3> wrote:
: I have installed Kermit 7.0.196 (binary) on my SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 server.
: Upon testing and check columbia's website, I have discovered that I require
: .kermrc within everyone's home directory. How can I work around this so
: that I only have one global .kermrc other than the fact of compiling source
: version to reflect this change?
:
The .kermrc file is not required unless you want everybody to have dialing
directories and services directories, etc, set up. Since most people don't
use these, forcing them to execute the rather lengthy standard .kermrc file
subjects them to an annoying delay and a number of extraneous messages.
The setup I would recommend instead is to install a copy of the standard
initialization file in the same directory as the Kermit executable, e.g.
/usr/local/bin/kermit
/usr/local/bin/kermrc
Give it the same owner, group, and permissions as Kermit itself, and change
the top line from:
#!/usr/local/bin/kermit
to reflect the actual path of the Kermit executable if it is not the one
shown.
Then when users type "kermit", they get bare Kermit, and it starts quickly.
When they type "kermrc" they get Kermit with all the dialing and services
directories defined.
- Frank