On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 07:56:20PM +0530, Logu wrote:
>
> We have built linux from scratch. I am not getting the customised
> prompt when i login as a user. But if I again switch to the same
> user i am getting it.
>
> For ex. I have logged in as user logu, now the prompt is
> sh-2.05a$
>
> If I switch to the user again with the command 'su - logu', then
> the expected prompt comes.
> logu:~$
> how do i rectify this.
[snipped]
Entry in .bash_profile is adequate to get PS1 output under bash.
In your case you are getting correct output after a su login but
failing at the login prompt.
My assessment is that you may have entered the default shell of
logu as /bin/sh and not /bin/bash. PATH, HOME & SHELL variables
cannot be set from the command line, and should be entered at
the time the user is created, and placed in /etc/passwd.
Quoting from the man pages of login:
<snip>
Not all variables may be set in the fashion, notably PATH,
HOME and SHELL. Additionally, IFS may be inhibited if the
user's login shell is /bin/sh.
</snip>
This is just a shot in the dark, but may be the cause ... just
re-create user logu with full GECOS entry and retry.
Everything you have done otherwise seems okay. PS1 is custom-
ised for each individual user, and I don't see any need to set
a system wide PS1 entry in /etc/profile.
HTH
Bish
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