Aleksandar Kuktin wrote: >> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:16:24 -0500 >> Mike McCarty <mike.mcca...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> Use a red colored prompt when running with root authorization. >> >> Hope you keep learning for a long time. >> >> Mike > > See, this is a good point. :) > > I should fix this on my system.
You might try this: Put this in /etc/profile and ~/.bashrc if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc fi And this in /etc/bashrc NORMAL="\[\e[0m\]" RED="\[\e[1;31m\]" GREEN="\[\e[1;32m\]" if [[ $EUID == 0 ]] ; then PS1="$red\u$nor...@$hostname$red [ $NORMAL\w$RED ]# $NORMAL" else PS1="\u$gr...@$hostname$green [ $NORMAL\w$GREEN ]\$ $NORMAL" fi -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page