From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 16 12:30:25 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC4237B401 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:30:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.clubplus.net (ns1.clubplus.net [216.191.22.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC8E643F85 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:30:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@skytrackercanada.com) Received: from skytrackercanada.com (cust29.209.188.66.dsl.accessv.com [209.188.66.29]) by www.clubplus.net (8.11.4/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h1GKNak14412 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:23:36 -0500 Received: (from david@localhost) by skytrackercanada.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) id h1GKPOM4014321 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:25:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from david) Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:25:24 -0500 From: David Banning To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: shell prompt question Message-ID: <20030216152524.A14300@skytrackercanada.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG My normal prompt is; david $ and my superuser prompt is; # How do I get the super-user prompt when I just use the "su" command rather than the full "su -" command? I want to stay in the same directory I am in sometimes but have su authority. The problem is that my prompt doesn't change, so I forget that I am su. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message