Quoting Erik Christiansen ([email protected]): > If the '#' and "root@hostname" escape the attention of a person > entrusted with root privileges, then why not make the root prompt bright red: > > root@ratatosk:/home/erik# export PS1="\[\033[1;31m\]\u@\h:\W\$ \[\033[0;0m\]"
It's a very good idea -- or, as Arnt says, set the background colour (which you can do with X11 resources if launching root shell directly from the window manager). -- Rick Moen "'Decimate' when referring to killing one [email protected] in ten. 'Octomate' when referring to the McQ! (4x80) cephalopod dating site." -- @FakeAPStylebook _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
