On 2017-06-10 09:12, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > I noticed that the root prompt does not include the full path of the > current directory.
> ... > So for users, I can see where I am ("/usr/bin"). For root, I cannot. It > just says "bin". > ... > Is there a rationale for this? One guess: when you're a normal user, you're likely to be in an X terminal emulator, and probably a fancy toolkit based one too. That makes overflowing lines less of a problem than on a bare 80x25 console which may be all you can work with as root, especially in an emergency. But then, I may be making up a rationale when there is really none and it's all just a historical accident, as Alan says. -- Please *no* private Cc: on mailing lists and newsgroups Personal signed mail: please _encrypt_ and sign Don't clear-text sign: http://primate.net/~itz/blog/the-problem-with-gpg-signatures.html