Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 09:28:14AM -0600, ktb wrote:
> > If your prompt is a "$" you are not logged in as root. This is the regular
> > user
>
> Not necessarily true.
>
> [8:46pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> su -
> Password:
> /local/home/root$
> /local/home/root$ logout
> [8:46pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>
>
>
> My prompt is set in ~root/.profile to
> PS1="\w\$ "
>
> >From the bash manual page:
>
> \$ if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a
> $
>
> Goodness knows why this doesn't work.
You have to escape the $ - try this:
PS1="\w\\\$ "
or this
PS1='\w\$ '
> Hamish
HTH,
Thomas
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