TERM environment variable not set, how do i fix?

[farley99]

root@lds102 [~]# pico /etc/passwd
TERM environment variable not set.

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

edit your .bash_profile and add the export TERM=xxxx command.



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The person who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it. -- Chinese proverb

 

[fluid11]

fyi, in Red Hat, you can use the /usr/sbin/vipw command to manually edit the /etc/passwd file. This is safer than editing it with a normal editor. Here's the description from the vipw man page...

Vipw edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks, and
does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. If
the password file is already locked for editing by another user, vipw
will ask you to try again later. The default editor for vipw is vi(1).



ChrisP
RHCE, LPIC-1, CCNA, CNE, MCSE, +10 others

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

Vipw edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks, and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked


The .bash_profile is NOT the password file (/etc/passwd)!

It resides in the home directory of the user at logon.

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The person who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it. -- Chinese proverb

 

[fluid11]

yeah, no kidding, read the first post...

In the future, before you make a dumb statement like that again, you really should read through the *entire* thread before trying to flame someone.

ChrisP
RHCE, LPIC-1, CCNA, CNE, MCSE, +10 others

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

My apologies, you are right I should have read through the *entire* thread before posting.

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The person who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it. -- Chinese proverb

 

[fluid11]

no problem


ChrisP
RHCE, LPIC-1, CCNA, CNE, MCSE, +10 others