Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:55:40 -0600 From: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> To: ktb <x.y.f@home.com> Subject: Re: changing root prompt Message-ID: <20001218145540.A28364@northernbrewer.com> Resent-Message-ID: <20001218205622.316D817436@kraeusen.nbrewer.com> In-Reply-To: <20001218131844.A19814@debian.local>; from x.y.f@home.com on Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:18:44PM -0600 References: <20001218131844.A19814@debian.local>
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ktb (x.y.f@home.com) wrote: > I'm using 4.2 and csh. I've set the prompt for regular user in > ~/.cshrc and it works fine. I tried changing the prompt for > root in /root/.cshrc and it doesn't work. I've tried > /etc/profile, /etc/csh.cshrc, and /root/.profile and it still > won't work. The string I'm using is - > set prompt = "%m@[%/]# " > Which file to I change to make this stick? Um, I set my prompt in /root/.cshrc and it *does* work. I would look through the .cshrc script and see if something is changing your prompt back after you change it. -- Christopher Farley Northern Brewer / 1150 Grand Avenue / St. Paul, MN 55105 www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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