Re: New Install
As far as I could gather Joe was attempting to install for the first time. I doubt he
has messed around with his prompt symbol. <Just posting this so Joe doesn't get
confused>
Kent
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 09:28:14AM -0600, ktb wrote:
> > If your prompt is a "$" you are not logged in as root. This is the regular user
>
> Not necessarily true.
>
> [8:46pm] hamish@silly:~> su -
> Password:
> /local/home/root$
> /local/home/root$
> /local/home/root$
> /local/home/root$ logout
> [8:46pm] hamish@silly:~>
>
> My prompt is set in ~root/.profile to
> PS1="\w\$ "
>
> >From the bash manual page:
>
> \$ if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a
> $
>
> Goodness knows why this doesn't work.
>
> Hamish
>
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