Sorry,
I did not mention that I'm using csh as default shell on centos 5.10
It's the default shell set by the sys admin
Accordingly the PS1 does not exist
I have already added these commands to my .cshrc
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Hello aelhosiny,
Not sure completely about your requirement, but if you want to change prompt string then you can use PS1 command as follows.
Code:
[singh@localhost awk_programming]$
[singh@localhost awk_programming]$ PS1="TEST $"
TEST $man test
Similarly you can put any pwd according to your need in it. Also if you want to permanently fix prompt string you can add this command in the .profile of user.
Thanks,
R. Singh
What I need the command prompt to display the full path and $USER@HOST each in a separate line instead of both displayed in the same line so that I will have:
Code:
<The exact long path>
<my username> @ <hotsname> $
As you see, the path is not in the same line with the username and host.
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
su
SU(1) BSD General Commands Manual SU(1)NAME
su -- substitute user identity
SYNOPSIS
su [-] [-c class] [-flms] [login [args]]
DESCRIPTION
The su utility requests appropriate user credentials via PAM and switches to that user ID (the default user is the superuser). A shell is
then executed.
PAM is used to set the policy su(1) will use. In particular, by default only users in the ``wheel'' group can switch to UID 0 (``root'').
This group requirement may be changed by modifying the ``pam_group'' section of /etc/pam.d/su. See pam_group(8) for details on how to modify
this setting.
By default, the environment is unmodified with the exception of USER, HOME, and SHELL. HOME and SHELL are set to the target login's default
values. USER is set to the target login, unless the target login has a user ID of 0, in which case it is unmodified. The invoked shell is
the one belonging to the target login. This is the traditional behavior of su. Resource limits and session priority applicable to the orig-
inal user's login class (see login.conf(5)) are also normally retained unless the target login has a user ID of 0.
The options are as follows:
-c class
Use the settings of the specified login class. The login class must be defined in login.conf(5). Only allowed for the super-user.
-f If the invoked shell is csh(1), this option prevents it from reading the ``.cshrc'' file.
-l Simulate a full login. The environment is discarded except for HOME, SHELL, PATH, TERM, and USER. HOME and SHELL are modified as
above. USER is set to the target login. PATH is set to ``/bin:/usr/bin''. TERM is imported from your current environment. Envi-
ronment variables may be set or overridden from the login class capabilities database according to the class of the target login.
The invoked shell is the target login's, and su will change directory to the target login's home directory. Resource limits and ses-
sion priority are modified to that for the target account's login class.
- (no letter) The same as -l.
-m Leave the environment unmodified. The invoked shell is your login shell, and no directory changes are made. As a security precau-
tion, if the target user's shell is a non-standard shell (as defined by getusershell(3)) and the caller's real uid is non-zero, su
will fail.
-s Set the MAC label to the user's default label as part of the user credential setup. Setting the MAC label may fail if the MAC label
of the invoking process is not sufficient to transition to the user's default MAC label. If the label cannot be set, su will fail.
The -l (or -) and -m options are mutually exclusive; the last one specified overrides any previous ones.
If the optional args are provided on the command line, they are passed to the login shell of the target login. Note that all command line
arguments before the target login name are processed by su itself, everything after the target login name gets passed to the login shell.
By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user prompt is set to ``#'' to remind one of its awesome power.
ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables used by su:
HOME Default home directory of real user ID unless modified as specified above.
PATH Default search path of real user ID unless modified as specified above.
TERM Provides terminal type which may be retained for the substituted user ID.
USER The user ID is always the effective ID (the target user ID) after an su unless the user ID is 0 (root).
FILES
/etc/pam.d/su PAM configuration for su.
EXAMPLES
su -m man -c catman
Starts a shell as user man, and runs the command catman. You will be asked for man's password unless your real UID is 0. Note that
the -m option is required since user ``man'' does not have a valid shell by default. In this example, -c is passed to the shell of
the user ``man'', and is not interpreted as an argument to su.
su -m man -c 'catman /usr/share/man /usr/local/man'
Same as above, but the target command consists of more than a single word and hence is quoted for use with the -c option being passed
to the shell. (Most shells expect the argument to -c to be a single word).
su -m -c staff man -c 'catman /usr/share/man /usr/local/man'
Same as above, but the target command is run with the resource limits of the login class ``staff''. Note: in this example, the first
-c option applies to su while the second is an argument to the shell being invoked.
su -l foo
Simulate a login for user foo.
su - foo
Same as above.
su - Simulate a login for root.
SEE ALSO csh(1), sh(1), group(5), login.conf(5), passwd(5), environ(7), pam_group(8)HISTORY
A su command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
BSD August 11, 2013 BSD
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