Set the default user parameters as follows
Below are the manual settings in the order of
s 1 1 z SHIFT+W
Setup top to custom specifications by create a .toprc file in /etc/skel
This sets the refresh to 1 second. Also identifies each CPU usage,etc.
RCfile for "top with windows" # shameless braggin'
Id:a, Mode_altscr=0, Mode_irixps=1, Delay_time=1.000, Curwin=0
Def fieldscur=AEHIOQTWKNMbcdfgjplrsuvyzX
winflags=32057, sortindx=10, maxtasks=0
summclr=1, msgsclr=1, headclr=3, taskclr=1
Job fieldscur=ABcefgjlrstuvyzMKNHIWOPQDX
winflags=62777, sortindx=0, maxtasks=0
summclr=6, msgsclr=6, headclr=7, taskclr=6
Mem fieldscur=ANOPQRSTUVbcdefgjlmyzWHIKX
winflags=62777, sortindx=13, maxtasks=0
summclr=5, msgsclr=5, headclr=4, taskclr=5
Usr fieldscur=ABDECGfhijlopqrstuvyzMKNWX
winflags=62777, sortindx=4, maxtasks=0
summclr=3, msgsclr=3, headclr=2, taskclr=3
Create a small file called isudo in the home directory to help with sudo. Below is the single line content of the isudo file
echo "sudo PATH=\$PATH WINDOW=\$WINDOW /bin/bash" > $HOME/isudo chmod 744 $HOME/isudo
For Debian, root PATH is different hence we are not including PATH
echo "sudo WINDOW=\$WINDOW /bin/bash" > $HOME/isudo chmod 744 $HOME/isudo
End Users can Run this as
. ~/isudo
Below are the settings for screen using .screenrc
As you can see a number of these are commented out but may be useful for someone to enable quickly.
defscrollback 20000 #deflog on #log on #logfile flush 60 #logtstamp on #logtstamp after 3600 ignorecase on
Below are the settings for .vimrc for vim
Make sure the backup directory is updated to the user's home directory + a suitable backup directory under it
" Handles the settings for indentation
set expandtab
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
"set autoindent smartindent
" Turn on line numbering
"set number
" Pattern searches should ignore case
set ignorecase
" Turns on syntax highlighting.
syntax on
" Flash when errors occur
set visualbell
" set errorbells
"Incremental search
set incsearch
" Cool tab completion stuff
set wildmenu
set wildmode=list:longest,full
" Backups
set backup
" Create a suitable directory location for backups
" set backupdir=/home/<userdir>/temp_files/vimbackups,.,/tmp
set backupdir=/tmp
au BufWritePre * let &bex = '-' . strftime("%F-%H-%M-%S") . '.vimbak'
" Mappings
" :map <F11> :tabp<CR>
" :map <F12> :tabn<CR>
:map [[ :tabp<CR>
:map ]] :tabn<CR>
Customize bash history settings and color prompt. Append this to the end of .bashrc file for root and each user.
# Custom settings . ~/.bashrc_ext #
Create new file .bashrc_ext with the below settings.
# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1) HISTSIZE=20000 HISTFILESIZE=40000 # # append to ~/.bash_history any commands in the current terminal that aren't already in there # read any new lines that have appeared in ~/.bash_history since the last time it looked. PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -n" # # History timestamp HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T ' # Multi-line commands in one line shopt -s cmdhist shopt -s lithist # # Color prompt # red - date green - host@user blue - path yellow - # PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\e[0;31m\][$(date +%r)]\[\e[0;36m\][\u@\h]\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\e[0;33m\][${WINDOW}]\[\033[00m\]\$ ' # export EDITOR=vim # #History ignore - does not keep record of rm commands HISTIGNORE='rm *:[ \t]*' # alias ls='ls --color=auto' alias grep='grep --color=auto' alias diff='diff --color=auto'
Color Prompt for root user - make this change to /root/.bashrc_ext
# Color prompt # red - date pink/white - host@user blue - path yellow - # PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\e[0;31m\][$(date +%r)]\[\e[0;45m\][\u@\h]\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\e[0;33m\][${WINDOW}]\[\033[00m\]\$ '
Run visudo to edit /etc/sudoers file
Edit file as shown in the below diff:
< %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL --- > %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Add user (e.g. senthil) to sudo group
usermod -a -G sudo <username>