Chris~ wrote: > > Do we then have to set up user account and define a non default shell for > the user, and i guess tcsh is the recommended best? There is no recommanded shell for using Alliance. This is really a user's choice... Most tutorials are written using C-shell but Makefiles and scripts are written in Bourne shell... C-shell has been used for historical reasons. Old bourne shells had very limited features (like no history) but nowadays they are very similar. -- Regards. Olivier Sirol. /* * Laboratoire LIP6 / Département ASIM * Université Pierre et Marie Curie * Couloir 55-65, B309 * 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex * Tél. : +33 1 44 27 53 24 */