On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 09:28:14AM -0600, ktb wrote:
> If your prompt is a "$" you are not logged in as root. This is the regular
> user
Not necessarily true.
[8:46pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> su -
Password:
/local/home/root$
/local/home/root$
/local/home/root$
/local/home/root$ logout
[8:46pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>
My prompt is set in ~root/.profile to
PS1="\w\$ "
>From the bash manual page:
\$ if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a
$
Goodness knows why this doesn't work.
Hamish
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