Was this after you made the change?
The sources for your bash depends on the which distro you're using. I
know SuSE has some sources that start from your home directory that
have imports from other sources in /etc/ and sources from there, kinda
an object orientated apoarch. If you want to waste some time and learn
as much as you can with bash scripts and sources try googling *bash
script example* this should give you lots of examples to work off of.
BTW FYI try this in command line:
> PS1=$'\d \l [EMAIL PROTECTED]> '
Very good way of testing things.
Curtis Sloan wrote:
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 11:29, Jason Louie wrote:
export PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\# '
should do it.
I was going to ask if I need to export the PS1 variable while su'd as root, then I thought, "Duh, I should just
try it.". So, I popped open a new rxvt term and su'd, and low and behold my root prompt is '#' again. Weird.
Any explanations?
Also make sure that is the right .bashrc that you are using.
There is a default one in /etc/bashrc that all users use if there isn't one in their home directory.
Yeah, I mentioned /etc/profile as a stab-in-the-dark, since Slack 9.1
does have an /etc/bashrc rile. If you know of any other places the
defaults might come from, please let me know.
Thanks Jason!
Curtis
Curtis Sloan wrote:
Disclaimer: I'm a n00b when it comes to shells/xterms...
I got into customizing my terminals last night (had enough of black on
white rxvt) ;-) and followed right into customizing my shell this
morning. Unfortunately, now when I su to root, the default prompt
character is still '$' instead of '#'.
Here's my current .bashrc file:
# .bashrc
export PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\$ '
umask 022
# Adding colour descriptions to files and dirs
export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
eval `dircolors -b`
alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS'
# User specific aliases and functions
# Makes current directory title of the console
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
How do I make the root prompt '#' again?
It used to before I made my .bashrc file. I poked around /etc/profile,
but I didn't see anything obvious (it would have to be!). ;-) The OS
is Slackware Linux 9.1.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Curtis
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