Re: Simple little basic config questions

[Kent West]

David Jardine wrote:

On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:26:29PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
 

Haines Brown wrote:

   

In moving from RedHat to debian, I'm left with some simple little
basic configuration questions. They all relate to a situation in which
I operate at this point from console. 

1. Where do I set the global bash prompt format? I changed PS1= in 
/etc/profile, but that only affects user, not root.

     

This is the place; however, users can over-ride this by creating their 
own ~/.profile file. I believe a typical Debian setup does not have 
personal .profiles in users' home directories by default, but there is 
one in root's home directory by default.
   

My system (woody) sets up .bash_profile when a new user is added.

Which is generated by the "adduser" routine by copying the skeleton 
files from /etc/skel. You can add other files in this directory if you 
want them to be added to new users' home directories.

--
Kent


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