Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 19:52:33 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Montag" <montag@activeattack.com>, "freebsd questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Configuring Bash Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080514195044.026c43b0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <1210810823.5782.1253224263@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1210810823.5782.1253224263@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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At 07:20 PM 5/14/2008, Montag wrote:
>This should be a fairly simple process, I don't really know what I am
>missing.
>
>I've got the following in the .bash_profile of a basic user account:
>
># set prompt [user@host--/dir] $ (# for root)
>PS1 = ' [\u@\h--\w] '
>case `id -u` in
> 0) PS1='${PS1} # ';; # root
> *) PS1='${PS1} $ ';; # everyone else
>
>When I log in, I am greeted with:
>${PS1} $ $
>
>However, if I su to root, I get:
>[root@host-- /home/user]#
>
>That is what I wanted, but for some reason it is not working for a
>normal user. I thought perhaps the problem could be that .bash_profile
>is only loaded when a non-login shell is spawned, but a quick
>consultation of man bash revealed that bash reads ~/.bash_profile when
>it is invoked as a login shell.
>
>My next thought was that it was a permissions issue, but:
>su
>chmod 777 .bash_profile
>exit
>logout
>login
>
>That did not change the results, the output was still the same as above.
> This is all being done at the console, by the way.
>
>Appreciate any advice,
>
>montag
Check how the shell is invoked via /etc/passwd
Are you saying it works if you:
su - root
But logging in as a regular user. So, can you:
login as a regular user
su - root
su - [regular user]
What does this produce?
-Derek
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