>From: Travis Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Bash Prompt in an XTerm [snip] >This works fine when I am at the console as a normal user but as root I only >get: > >atheist#
Check root's .bash_profile (and possibly .bashrc). It is probably overriding the default prompt. >In XFree86 it gives me: > >bash-2.00$ > >I can live with the way root's prompt as I try to use root very little but I >would like to change the prompt in my XTerms. > >What file would I edit to do this? I tried adding this to my .bash_profile >and looked through the bash man page. I would also like to make these changes >global. How do you start your xterms? Through a window manager menu, I would presume. You may have to add the '-ls' switch to the xterm command line to make it a login shell (though I'm sure this affects the .bash_profile file, I don't know about /etc/profile). --- Benoit Goudreault-Emond Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My opinions are mine only and may not reflect those of my employer. E-mail me to obtain my public PGP key. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
