Re: was wondering

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:59:00 -0500, 
Paul Morgan <paulswm@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
<[🔎] pan.2003.12.31.12.58.57.742280@earthlink.net>:

> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:35:04 +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 07:13, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > 
> >> ..or PS1='\[\033[1;33m\]\u\[\033[1;37m\]@\[\033[1;32m\]\H\[\033
> >> [1;37m\]:\[\0 33[1;31m\]\w \[\033[1;36m\]\$ \[\033[0m\]' ;-)
> >           this ^ space has to go

...right, I first dropped it into my message, then decided to 
prepended "..or".  ;-)

> > Too colored for my taste, though :)

..bore.  ;-)   

..I need it like that so I see _where_ I'm messing around. ;-)

> > Seems a good time to ask a question:  Since my brain always
> > segfaults when I read about interactive vs. login shells and the
> > files they read on startup, I never managed to find out what I have
> > to do to make the prompt change when doing a 'su'. 'su -' obviously
> > works. Thanks for hints :)
> 
> change it in root/.bashrc

..for tests, simply drop it into your cli.

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.