Re: coloured prompt for root (was ... Re: Reporting missing package during install)

2013-12-14 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 02:13:18PM +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Chris Bannister writes: > > > This is in a tty, so don't know what will happen in an xterm or other > > virtual terminal. > > The virtual terminals usually honour ANSI escape sequences. For sure > xterm, the rxvt family and th

coloured prompt for root (was ... Re: Reporting missing package during install)

2013-12-11 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
Chris Bannister writes: > This is in a tty, so don't know what will happen in an xterm or other > virtual terminal. The virtual terminals usually honour ANSI escape sequences. For sure xterm, the rxvt family and the libvte-based ones do. But with virtual terminals you can do something like hav

coloured prompt for root (was ... Re: Reporting missing package during install)

2013-12-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:11:34PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 10 December 2013 06:39:17 Tom H wrote: > > You can't trust yourself with sudo but you can trust yourself with > > su or login root access... > > I have to make a conscious effort to become root. This reduces the > risk that