As far as I could gather Joe was attempting to install for the first time. I doubt he has messed around with his prompt symbol. <Just posting this so Joe doesn't get confused> Kent
Hamish Moffatt 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$ > /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. > > Hamish > > -- > Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 > CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
