doh - thanks - didn't think of that, and that makes more sense. Nevermind then.
On 12/18/17 1:11 PM, DJ Mills wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Eric Engstrom <engst...@mtu.net > <mailto:engst...@mtu.net>> wrote: > > Dear Bash Maintainer(s), > > Bash's default /etc/bash.bashrc (on debian systems at least) blindly > overwrites PS1 even if it's been set already. This makes it difficult > to use sudo's abiltity to set PS1 via the SUDO_PS1 env var. > > Perhaps overly simplistic, but the following modification seems to work > in all the situations I've tried: > > --- /etc/bash.bashrc.orig 2014-11-12 17:08:49.000000000 -0600 > +++ /etc/bash.bashrc 2015-06-24 12:13:36.445096411 -0500 > @@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ > fi > > # set a fancy prompt (non-color, overwrite the one in /etc/profile) > -PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ ' > +# but only if not SUDOing and have SUDO_PS1 set; then assume smart > user. > +if ! [ -n "${SUDO_USER}" -a -n "${SUDO_PS1}" ]; then > + PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ ' > +fi > > # Commented out, don't overwrite xterm -T "title" -n "icontitle" by > default. > # If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir > > Thanks, > Eric > -- > Eric Engstrom - engst...@mtu.net <mailto:engst...@mtu.net> - PGP > Key: 0xC440235DF11F74CF > $/='O'; eval ($_='print $_^pack"c25",<DATA>'); > __END__ > 58O7O26O26O84O65O74O48O42O24O4O17O75O114O6O64O89O2O68O93O39O42O49O51O52 > > > I think you'll find that the string "bash.bashrc" doesn't exist in any > bash documentation. It's a thing that's > been added by your OS/distro. You need to talk to the Debian maintainer. > -- Eric Engstrom - engst...@mtu.net - PGP Key: 0xC440235DF11F74CF $/='O'; eval ($_='print $_^pack"c25",<DATA>'); __END__ 58O7O26O26O84O65O74O48O42O24O4O17O75O114O6O64O89O2O68O93O39O42O49O51O52
