On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:34:32 +0000 void <[email protected]> wrote: > Ultimately what's required is the prompt is red when it's an account > with elevated privileges. I can't find a way to do that (yet) with > NetBSD's /bin/sh. Is there a way without changing the default shell?
Here's how I change the prompt to show elevated privileges: PS1="$(hostname -s)$ " [ $(id -u) = 0 ] && PS1="$(hostname -s)# " export PS1 I use the NetBSD ksh for root as well as for myself. -- Ted Spradley <[email protected]>
