Jim,

jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote:
> Matthew Daubney
>> The $ shows that you
> 
> /don't/
> 
>> have root priviledges, and the : is just a seperator :)
> 
> Sorry to be pedantic, but the missing word is quite important :)

See my previous post. I don't think the $ indicates anything about root
privileges. The user can define their own prompt and put whatever he/she
likes in there!

Regards,
Tony.
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