Hi all,

After editing the /etc/profile i am not able to issue any command at all. I have a backup profile under /etc/profile.bak but even logging as root user could not do any thing much, i need to copy this file back to solve the problem. please help

below is the new profile which i cant copy into the /etc/profile as root or normal user because none of the commands works. please give me any other solution.


#ident "@(#)profile 1.19 01/03/13 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.3 */

# The profile that all logins get before using their own .profile.

trap "" 2 3
export LOGNAME PATH
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
export PATH
CC=gcc;export CC
if [ "$TERM" = "" ]
then
if /bin/i386
then
TERM=sun-color
else
TERM=sun
fi
export TERM
fi

# Login and -su shells get /etc/profile services.
# -rsh is given its environment in its .profile.

case "$0" in
-sh | -ksh | -jsh | -bash)

if [ ! -f .hushlogin ]
then
/usr/sbin/quota
# Allow the user to break the Message-Of-The-Day only.
trap "trap '' 2" 2
/bin/cat -s /etc/motd
trap "" 2

/bin/mail -E
case $? in
0)
echo "You have new mail."
;;
2)
echo "You have mail."
;;
esac
fi
esac

umask 022
trap 2 3

JAVA_HOME=/usr/j2se
#CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat
CATALINA_HOME=/opt/local/tomcat5.5

export JAVA_HOME CATALINA_HOME
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar
export CLASSPATH




Below is the problem when i login as root or normal user .

Last login: Thu Apr 27 09:04:48 2006 from 192.168.1.113
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 Generic May 2002
-sh: PATH=/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/j2se/bin: is not an identifier
$ ls
ls: not found
$ ls
ls: not found


please help me....

Hi all,

Well i have found a solution to solve the problem and it works.

the solution :

login as root and from the command prompt type /usr/bin/vi /etc/profile

edit the file as the original, save and rerun profile


it works

cheers

Use an absolute path (/usr/bin/vi) to fix your path. You have to do it as root, a regular user can't overwrite a file in /etc (/etc/profile in this case)