Re: terminal colors
I have been wondering the same exact thing. I think it is just thier
way to discurage root logins.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Fallik" <bfallik@attbi.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:49 PM
Subject: terminal colors
> Hi. I'm having problems getting colors to appear in my BASH prompt in
Woody
> (3.0). This is on a fresh install I just finished today. I've made
very
> few changes to the system so far.
>
> When I ssh (protocol v2) into my debian server, the prompt is
monochrome.
> I've tried to export the TERM variable several times using
xterm-color,
> linux, xterm-debian, and xtermc in .bashrc and .bash_profile. I've
also
> tried these same settings in the terminal-type string setting in
putty.
> Nothing works.
>
> However, once I'm ssh'ed into the server, if I su to the same account
the
> bash prompt is in color. echo $TERM produces the same output (the
putty
> setting) in both cases.
>
> Any suggestion on how to fix this? I've scoured google, google
groups, and
> debianhelp.org to no avail. What are other good resources I can use
to
> resolve this?
>
> I don't subscribe to this list so please copy me directly on any
replies.
>
> Thanks,
> brian
>
>
>
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