Chris Geldenhuis wrote: > Vnpenguin wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 23:02, Johan Scheepers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> John R Pierce wrote: >>> >>>> On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good day, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> [jo...@unknown2a6800000000 ~]$ >>>>>> >>>>> How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. >>>>> >>>> A) choose a shorter hostname >>>> >>>> B) change your default prompt via an export PS1=.... in $HOME/.bashrc >>>> >>>> >>>> see >>>> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/bash-prompt-escape-sequences.html >>>> for >>>> the PS1 options... >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>>> >>> gedit .bashrc >>> >>> # User specific aliases and functions >>> >>> PS1="[jo...@\w] \$> " >>> >>> [jo...@~] $> cd /bin >>> [jo...@bin] $> >>> [jo...@bin] $> su root >>> Password: >>> [r...@unknown2a6800000000 bin]# >>> >>> Now only need to fix superuser. >>> Kindly where/how please >>> >> * man hostname >> * vim /etc/sysconfig/network >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > Hi Johan, > > Follow exactly the same procedure that you did with your own login. Edit > .basrc in /root and change the PS1 setting there. You have to be root to > be able to do this. > > ChrisG > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thanks Chris,
That is what I was looking for. Regards Johan _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
