topic Re: Root Prompt Profile in Operating System - HP-UX

Root Prompt Profile

Mauro_8 — Mon, 13 May 2002 11:24:54 GMT

Hi,

I want to change the PROMPT for user root. The prompt is only "#" and I want to change to "hostname - ROOT $". The root shell is /sbin/sh and the home directory is "/". I try to change in .profile but did not have success.

Cheers,
Mauro

Re: Root Prompt Profile

Steve Steel — Mon, 13 May 2002 11:30:02 GMT

Hi

export PS1=$(hostname):\$PWD" # "

as last line of .profile

Be aware that your .profile may not always be read

especially by CDE

Steve Steel

Re: Root Prompt Profile

Duncan Edmonstone — Mon, 13 May 2002 11:33:17 GMT

Mauro,

beware of straying away from standards - I'd never use '$' in the prompt for root, as some sysadmin might come along and think he's not root... (one rm -rf later...)

Stick to using '#' at the end of roots prompt, you can put anything else before this though.

HTH

Duncan

Re: Root Prompt Profile

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 13 May 2002 11:36:38 GMT

Hi:

Steve has already given the syntax for changing the PS1 prompt in your profile. Howver, be aware that *by standard* root's PS1 prompt is "#" whereas the PS1 prompt of a non-root user is "$". I would suggest you stay with the segregation of those two characters regardless of what else (hostname, current working directory, etc) you add to the PS1 string.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Root Prompt Profile

Sanjay_6 — Mon, 13 May 2002 12:19:42 GMT

Hi Mauro,

Try this in the root .profile,

export HOST=`/usr/bin/hostname`
export PS1='$HOST - $LOGNAME =>'

Hope this helps.

Regds

Re: Root Prompt Profile

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA — Mon, 13 May 2002 12:37:38 GMT

Hi Mauro

This is for default KSH

HNAME=`hostname`
PS1='$HNAME:$PWD:#'

Manoj Srivastava

Re: Root Prompt Profile

Andrea Pagani — Tue, 14 May 2002 07:04:11 GMT

Try with

PS1="`hostname` - ROOT $"

in /.profile

Andrea