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Old 05-22-2012
dot bash_profile for root user
Good evening everybody,

I like to have my prompt like that : [user@box1:/home/user]$
Therefore I had the line below in the .bash_profile file:

Code:
PS1="[$LOGNAME@`hostname`:\$PWD]\$"

Now I would like to have something like that when I log as root : [root@box1:/root]#

and adding PS1="[$LOGNAME@`hostname`:\$PWD]\#" is definitely not working...

Any idea how to do that?

Many thanks for your help!

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Last edited by Corona688; 05-22-2012 at 04:27 PM..
freddie50
# 2  
Old 05-22-2012
How do you log in to root? sudo -i should execute your profiles

Also, I'd use PS1='[\u@\h \w]\$ '

is bash the shell for root?
# 3  
Old 05-22-2012
I log with
Code:
su -

It is definitely a bash shell as the line
Code:
PS1="[$LOGNAME@`hostname`:\$PWD]\$"

added in the file .bash_profile in /root makes the change when I log as root.

Now If I add
Code:
PS1="[$LOGNAME@`hostname`:\$PWD]\#"

in bash_profile of root, then when I log as root it starts to show something like that :
Code:
[root@box1/root]1

if I hit enter it counts:
Code:
[root@box1/root]2

Code:
[root@box1/root]3

etc...
Anyone has a clue what's going on?
Many thanks,
freddie50
# 4  
Old 05-22-2012
yes. the "#" doesn't need escaped. bash prompts have different meanings for escaped sequence. \# actually means "Command number" Smilie
\$ will turn into $ for user and # for root. So the ideal solution is to use PS1='[\u@\h:\w]\$ '
# 5  
Old 05-22-2012
Many thanks
Code:
 PS1="[$LOGNAME@`hostname`:\$PWD]#"

works fine!
For info :
Code:
 PS1="[$LOGNAME@`hostname`:\$PWD]\$"

Shows something like that:
[root@box1/root]$
even as root.

Thanks again for your help!!!
freddie50
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