Set root shell prompt in /etc/profile ?

Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
Fri Sep 4 22:50:00 GMT 2009


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According to Christian Franke on 9/4/2009 4:00 PM:
> Is there a generic way to set '#' via /etc/profile ?
> 
> Is there a better way to do this?

The ideal way would be patching bash to recognize if the current user has
root privileges (rather than its current check for just uid==0), so that
the PS1 escape \$ automatically printed # for privileged and $ for normal.

I'll add it to my TODO list, but if someone comes up with a patch first,
I'd gladly review it.

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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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