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From: Userx Xbw <use...@gmail.com>
To: voidlinux <void...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: changing terminal prompt when logged as su
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:34:24 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d29dc521-5e2f-4567-8e5f-6aa6dc786ee0@googlegroups.com> (raw)


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I get the # when ever I log into terminal as su
how do I change it to show [root@domanName]currentDir# ?
I've added a /etc/bashrc and this inside of it. 

#if [[ $EUID == 0 ]] ; then

if [[ id == 0 ]] ; then

export PS1="\[\e[41m\]\u\[\e[m\]@\[\e[41m\]\h\[\e[m\]\w# "

else
 export PS1="\u@\h\w $"
fi

 this only shows 
[\u@\h:\w] $

and changes the shell to sh no longer giving me history using the arrows on 
the keyboard. 

what file and where did you (void creators) hide it so I can modify it to 
get it to show a prompt I like more better then just #

and why it is such a hard subject to find an answer to on the internet? 



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             reply	other threads:[~2016-03-15 17:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-15 17:34 Userx Xbw [this message]
2016-03-16 10:17 ` Christian Neukirchen
2016-03-16 11:52   ` Userx Xbw

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