Bill Hogan writes: > Hello. > > My prompt strings $PS1 and $PS2 work as expected for non-root users >but not for root. > > Here is my /etc/profile: Do you have /root/.bash_profile or /root/.profile ? If so, you may find that sets the prompt. (See `man bash', under `INVOCATION' for precise details of files that bash reads.) ttfn/rjk