It looks like someone was unsuccsessfully trying to set the prompt to the login name -- a common thing to do in a system where you can be logged into different terminals as different users.
--Ben Dana wrote: > Any linux gurus out there? > I am looking at the folowing: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 3 (Taroon) > Kernel 2.4.20-4ES on an i686 > > station login: prince > Password: > Last login: Tue Sep 9 08:43:15 on tty3 > > login: prince > -bash: prince: command not found > > login: > > 6. Which of the following most adequately explains prince's problem? * > A.* There is no account for the user prince. *B.* There is a syntax error > in the file ~/.bashrc, so the shell is exiting on startup. *C.* The user > prince does not have a home directory on the local machine. *D.* The user > prince has forgotten his password. *E.* > > The file ~/.bashrc contains the line PS1="\nlogin: " > > Apparently E is correct but I do not find PS1="\nlogin: " anywhere in the > red hat materials and even on google it turns up only one, dead, link. Is > this a typo? Anyone know? > Dana > > > > -- > The most common elements are hydrogen and stupidity - Harlan Ellison > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180540 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
