path prompt

[Wamaitha]

hello, i want to change the prompt so that it shows the hostname and the current directory that the user is at. i need to make this a global variable so that every user who logs get this.
thank you in advance.

[john kingsley · Accepted solution]

Add the following lines to the bottom of /etc/profile

PS1=`hostname`":"`$PWD`"$ "
export PS1

[Alan Meyer_4]

set the following in /etc/profile

HOST=`hostname`
PS1="${HOST}:`pwd`> "
export PS1

[Rodney Hills]

I like to only display the last directory in a path (sometimes they can get pretty long), so I would recommend-

HOST=`hostname`
EXPORT PS1="${HOST}:${PWD##*/} $ "

HTH

-- Rod Hills

[Wamaitha]

thank you all, the 2 responses helped me alot, i will try Rodney's suggestion once it gets to that point where the path is too long.