Hello
I am using Debain Potato and I changed the PS1. When I log in locally everythink is fine, except that when I enter a long row without hitting enter, then it word wraps automatically. And it does it not at the end of the row, it does it in the middle of the row!
It also does not writes... (7 Replies)
I want to set my prompt to something more descriptive than a plain old $, so I set the PS1 variable as such:
PS1=""
Which changes the prompt correctly, but when I change directories, it does not update the prompt. So I tried this:
PS1="`pwd`>"
I get the same results when changing... (2 Replies)
can anyone tell me how to change the $ prompt by calling a variable.
Say for example i called a var 'enable' I and would like the $ prompt to change to a phrase like 'my prompt' any help would be great (1 Reply)
I know this question has come up before but I couldn't find any documentation on ksh here.
I'm trying
PS1="`whoami`@`hostname`:`pwd`> "
export PS1
in ksh but the working directory sticks at the home directory. How do I fix that? Also, how do I make the prompt bold in korn? (3 Replies)
I want to change the PS1 prompt with current time.
I want the PS1 to update for every one second.
I write a Script.
PS1='\T'
but it updates after i press enter key.I want to update without pressing enter key.
can any one help me? (0 Replies)
please advise what's wrong with this command ?
PS1="`hostname`:`who am i | cut -d " " -f1`:>>"
trying to make the PS1 prompt look like :
machine_name:username:>>
thank you (4 Replies)
I am 100% new to Unix and trying to learn.
This is my first time even touching a script in Unix.
We have the following variable script that I am trying to run....
##################################
###### variable test###
##################################
Hostname=`hostname`... (3 Replies)
I have coded PS1 as shown, producing the following result when writing on the command line
┌─ cdl
└──╼ make tracepdf2d
If I make an error in the command an ✗ is printed
┌─ ✗ cdl
└──╼ ls-a
ls-a: command not found
My problem is that if I just press enter, I do not want to have the... (3 Replies)
I have searched through google, and this forum to try and find the answer, but alas, nothing quite hits the whole answer.
I am trying to read the last line (or lines) of some log files. I do this often.
The files are named sequentially, using the date as part of the file name, and appending... (18 Replies)
Hello I am attempting to generate a bash scrip that prompts me at loggin to change my PS1 -
However, I am running into an issue w/ the code.
#!/bin/bash
#the point of this script is to that it automates and changes my prompts every day
msg1="What do you feel like adding today :"
echo... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: D'go
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
sasl_chalprompt_t
sasl_chalprompt_t(3SASL) Simple Authentication Security Layer Library Functions sasl_chalprompt_t(3SASL)NAME
sasl_chalprompt_t - prompt for input in response to a challenge
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lsasl [ library ... ]
#include <sasl/sasl.h>
int sasl_chalprompt_t(void *context, int id, const char *challenge, const char *prompt, const char *defresult, const char **result,
unsigned *len);
DESCRIPTION
Use the sasl_chalprompt_t() callback interface to prompt for input in response to a server challenge.
PARAMETERS
context The context from the callback record.
id The callback id. id can have a value of SASL_CB_ECHOPROMPT or SASL_CB_NOECHOPROMPT
challenge The server's challenge.
prompt A prompt for the user.
defresult The default result. The value of defresult can be NULL
result The user's response. result is a null-terminated string.
len The length of the user's response.
RETURN VALUES
Like other SASL callback functions, sasl_chalprompt_t() returns an integer that corresponds to a SASL error code. See <sasl.h> for a com-
plete list of SASL error codes.
ERRORS
SASL_OK The call to sasl_chalprompt_t() was successful.
See sasl_errors(3SASL) for information on SASL error codes.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWlibsasl |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO sasl_errors(3SASL), sasl_server_new(3SASL), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 14 Oct 2003 sasl_chalprompt_t(3SASL)