Solaris10 Command history in $HISTFILE
Solaris 10 Experts
Recently we upgraded our Solaris8 boxes to Solaris 10 ( all except our nfs box which is still Sol8). I have noticed that on the Sol10 boxes the command history is being written to $HOME/.sh_history instead of $HOME/$HISTFILE in a particular scenario.
==== This is what I have in .profile ( home dir is nfs mounted )====
export HISTFILE="$HOME/.history.`logname`"
export HISTSIZE=2000
We use op command to login as the applicatin id. Here are the sequence of events that will give a better understanding of the problem
e.g my id is "jsmith", application id is "catprod", app is a distributed application on "app1", "app2" , one nfs box "appnfs" and one dbbox "appdb".
1. Login to box app1( Solaris 10)
2. op in as the application id
3. HISTFILE is .history.myid
( no issues so far , commands are written to the above file as expected )
4. ssh to box app2 (Solaris 10)
5 HISTFILE is .history.catprod
( But the commands are always beting written to $HOME/.sh_history file)
6. ssh to box appnfs ( Solaris 8)
7. HISTFILE is .history.catprod
( no issues , commands are always written to the above file as expected )
We have the same application running in a UAT environment on Solaris 8 boxes. No issues here always writes to whatever $HISTFILE points to.
My Questions:
Why is not always writing to whatever $HISTFILE points to?
Is this because of the home directory mounted from a nfs box which is on Solaris8.?
Any pointers will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your valuable time in advance.
