Todd Pytel wrote:
I suspect that root's prompt is being set somewhere and being read in after /etc/profile, overwriting PS1. Perhaps in /root/.bashrc or /root/.bash_profile?
Yes, /root/.bashrc was it. Thanks a ton. ->HS --(Remove all underscores,_if any_, from my email address to get the correct one. Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is to reduce spam.)