You're right. Works now. Many thanks!
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Adam Vandemore <[email protected]> wrote: > Daniel Underwood wrote: >> >> When I am logged in as a non-root user and I try to become root by >> entering "su" and typing the root password, the resulting bash prompt >> does not reflect the contents of /root/.bash_profile >> >> My /root/.bash_profile contains (among other things): >> >> export PS1="[\e[1;31m\]$(tput bold)\u$(tput sgr0)\[\e[0...@\h \w]\$ " >> >> The point is to make the username ("root") display in BOLD and RED >> text. After su'ing, the text is not bold nor red. If I then enter >> "source ~/.bash_profile", however, the prompt displays correctly, >> showing "root" in bold and red text. >> >> How come su'ing doesn't seem to effect everything in the >> /root/.bash_profile file? >> >> Thanks, >> Daniel >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "[email protected]" >> >> > > I think you may need to set that in ~/.bashrc > > -- > Adam Vandemore > Systems Administrator > IMED Mobility > (605) 498-1610 > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
