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From: Morgan Christiansson <mcn0816@×××××××.se>
To: gentoo mailing list <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] /etc/profile
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 15:47:43
Message-Id: 3A61F1D5.1070807@mobigym.se
1 $PS1 var:
2
3 I think this should be the opposite, if the user isn't root let the user
4 know who they are.
5
6 And if they are root, give them the "supershell" without the user-name.
7
8
9 if [ `/usr/bin/whoami` == 'root' ] ; then
10 export PS1='\[\033[01;32;40m\]\u@\h \[\033[01;34;40m\]\W
11 >\[\033[00m\]'
12 export PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH
13 else
14 export PS1='\[\033[01;34;40m\]\W > \[\033[00m\]'
15 export PATH=$PATH
16 fi
17
18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
19
20 ls alias:
21
22 I think "alias ls='ls --color=auto'" should be in /etc/profile.
23
24 Most other distros have it and besides, it's a lot more readable.
25
26 I saw there were other aliases such as "alias d='ls --color'" but i've
27 never used them.
28
29 --
30 Morgan Christiansson