in csh I was using:
set prompt=""$HOSTNAME".tk.\!> "
to customize the look of my prompt. I have seen the light after reading the perils of csh scripting and wish to switch to bash. How do I customize my bash prompt??? I've tried many variation of the above w/no success, and searching this... (2 Replies)
I'm trying to use unison from bash on windows with cygwin. I don't know if this is a cygwin question, bash question or unison question. Since I always get reprimanded by the cygwin mailing list for assuming it is a cygwin problem, I'll assume it is a bash question.
The following commands work... (7 Replies)
It looks like,
user@hostname:/auto/home3/user$
Desired,
user@hostname$
I added following line in .bashrc, but still its same.
export PS1=" $ "
Please help me :confused: (13 Replies)
Hi,
Does anyone know any way of making bash prompt extended with conditional content?
Example:
export PS1="] && echo '#' || echo '\$'" # This won't work - prompt is not executed
# export PS1="\$" # This is an existing but also working equivalent
I would like to use more complex... (8 Replies)
I'm using a custom prompt with PS1 in my .profile. It is
PS1="\\u@\e\:\W\ \\$\ \"
and it works well, as you can see,
http://content.screencast.com/users/killer54291/folders/Jing/media/2b3db52a-ebf7-43e2-95cc-f45dadbc2b98/00000023.png
but, when i type more than the width of the window, it... (0 Replies)
This is an instance of "if it's not one thing, it's another."
I recently fell victim to my own stupidity in trashing, by accident, my long-running and very highly-customized .bash_profile and .bashrc files for Cygwin & Cygwin/X. I had backups from a previous "go" with this, and decided to use... (0 Replies)
I am working with a script to simplyfy some operations where I work, but one of the programs needs me to enter a password.
It will as me "Please enter the administrator password:"
Is there a way to make a bash script to automatically answer the question with the needed password?
I am looking... (3 Replies)
I remember there was a gnome only command that we could insert in a bash script to mount a Linux disk that would pop up a little window to grab a password.
I know there are bash commands to read a string but they are not GUIs and they echo the characters typed. This gnome command popped up a... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I'm trying to run a program from the bash prompt and I don't understand why it is returning with an error.
Dig is my C program, and it takes in parameters J4, detect, 3 and 0182F98E
var1="cygdrive/c/2i/test fixture/software/mccdaqtest/debug/Dig J4 detect 3 0182F98E"
when I do
... (6 Replies)
I use the .bashrc file from this thread.
Direct link to the archive containing the ultimate bashrc
I am trying to use autojump, but it will not autoload the directories to the autojump list as the custom prompt is not compatible.
Here is the thread on the issue from other users.
apt -... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: genehunter
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pam_get_user
PAM_GET_USER(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PAM_GET_USER(3)NAME
pam_get_user -- retrieve user name
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_get_user(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char **user, const char *prompt);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_get_user function returns the name of the target user, as specified to pam_start(3). If no user was specified, nor set using
pam_set_item(3), pam_get_user will prompt for a user name. Either way, a pointer to the user name is stored in the location pointed to by
the user argument.
The prompt argument specifies a prompt to use if no user name is cached. If it is NULL, the PAM_USER_PROMPT item will be used. If that item
is also NULL, a hardcoded default prompt will be used. Either way, the prompt is expanded using openpam_subst(3) before it is passed to the
conversation function.
If pam_get_user is called from a module and the user_prompt option is set in the policy file, the value of that option takes precedence over
both the prompt argument and the PAM_USER_PROMPT item.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_get_user function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO openpam_subst(3), pam(3), pam_get_authtok(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_set_item(3), pam_start(3), pam_strerror(3)STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_get_user function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS
research program.
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