Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread Rick Jones
On Fri, 9 May 1997, Dirk Bernhardt wrote: > > Lu Jimmy Chenji writes: > > > Can someone tell me how to put a word before the Log-in prompt? Maybe I just fell off the turnip truck or something, but doesn't the ~/.profile get

Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread Ralph Winslow
Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote: > > Hello all, > Can someone tell me how to put a word before the Log-in prompt? > E.g. Mypcname:# or Mypcname:$. I know there a lot of fancy > things I can do. Is there a HOWTO I can look? > Thanks in advance, > Jimmy I don't know that there's a HOWTO, but you can set th

Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Kevin Traas wrote: > > > > Can someone tell me how to put a word before the Log-in prompt? > > > E.g. Mypcname:# or Mypcname:$. I know there a lot of fancy > > > things I can do. Is there a HOWTO I can look? > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Jimmy > > > > That goes in the /etc/issue file. You can

Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread JoKeR
Instead of putting '\h' use the word you would like ex: PS1='vader :\w\$' JoKeR On Fri, 9 May 1997, Dirk Bernhardt wrote: > > Lu Jimmy Chenji writes: > > > Can someone tell me how to put a word before the Log-in prompt? > > If you use `bash' as your shell of choice, check out the

Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread Kevin Traas
> > Can someone tell me how to put a word before the Log-in prompt? > > E.g. Mypcname:# or Mypcname:$. I know there a lot of fancy > > things I can do. Is there a HOWTO I can look? > > Thanks in advance, > > Jimmy > > That goes in the /etc/issue file. You can find the commands in the getty > ma

Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread Dirk Bernhardt
> Lu Jimmy Chenji writes: > Can someone tell me how to put a word before the Log-in prompt? If you use `bash' as your shell of choice, check out the PS1 environment variable. Mine is currently set to "[\h] \w\$". Check out /etc/profile or ~/.profile or... to find out where it's set. Ciao,

Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread JoKeR
No no no. You want to set it like the following: PS1='\h:\w\$ ' What this means is '\h' is your hostname. '\w' is the working directory. '\$' is $ for users and # for root. JoKeR On Thu, 8 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote: > On Fri, 9 May 1997, Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote: > > > Hello all, > >

Re: Log-in prompt question

1997-05-09 Thread Rick Jones
On Fri, 9 May 1997, Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote: > Hello all, > Can someone tell me how to put a word before the Log-in prompt? > E.g. Mypcname:# or Mypcname:$. I know there a lot of fancy > things I can do. Is there a HOWTO I can look? > Thanks in advance, > Jimmy That goes in the /etc/issue file.