> I was wondering....how might I get the login prompt to use some colors? > nothing fancy...just the text in a color other than white.
in your home-dir modify .bashrc, try e.g.:
export PS1='\e[0;5;36m\h:\e[0;42;30m\w>\e[1;40;35m'
and see what happens.
those esc-sequences should work:
\e[2J - clear screen
\e[0H - cursor home
\e[#;#;...;#m - set color(s), with #= 0-normal, 1-bold, 5-blink, 7-reverse
8-invisible, 30..37 foreground color
40..47 background color
Best regards
J. Fornoff
