Re: PS1 & PS2

[Bill Hogan <bhogan@rahul.net>]

"FRK" == Richard Kettlewell <richard@elmail.co.uk> writes:

  FRK> 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:

# cat /etc/profile
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# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for bash(1).
# $Id: profile,v 3.2 1995/01/21 12:32:53 imurdock Exp $

export PAGER='less -qCi'
export LESS='-qCi -P?f% .?ltLine %lt:?pt%pt\%:?btByte %bt:-...'
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/elvis
export VISUAL=pico

# define bash prompts
export PS1='\h:[*\u*]\w \$ '
export PS2='\h:[*\u*] And? \$ '

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:."

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  FRK> Do you have /root/.bash_profile or /root/.profile ?  If so, you may
  FRK> find that sets the prompt.  (See `man bash', under `INVOCATION' for
  FRK> precise details of files that bash reads.)

  FRK> ttfn/rjk

    Oops.

    My /etc/profile sets login prompts $PS1 and $PS2 correctly but now
I discover that Debian left a `.bash_profile' in /root that REsets
$PS1 (but not $PS2) as follows:

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# ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.
# $Id: dot.bash_profile,v 3.1 1995/01/21 11:17:57 imurdock Exp $

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11"PS1="\\$"

export PATH PS1

mesg n

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  Thus $PS2 as per my /etc/profile is still in effect for root logins:

# arf \
bedlam:[*root*] And? #

  Thank you.

    Bill