diff --git a/.login b/.login
index d87e910d101c3afda59661ed266104895c26c933..e6e23bb8fb256aaa23c1837e25a46ec1e6657c00 100644
--- a/.login
+++ b/.login
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ set prompt='%m:%n> '
 
 setenv PERL5LIB "$HOME/perl:/usr/local/lib/perl5"
 setenv SHELL $shell
+set path=($HOME/bin $path)
 
 alias sux sudo tcsh -l
+alias S SLS -P
 
 if (-x ~/.login.local) then
   source ~/.login.local
diff --git a/.screenrc b/.screenrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b1d3568b2cd684b50cce48ee7712b25ada91bf2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.screenrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# turn Red Hat's annoying missfeature off
+hardstatus off