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On 2017-06-10 09:12, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> I noticed that the root prompt does not include the full path of the |
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> current directory. |
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> ... |
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> So for users, I can see where I am ("/usr/bin"). For root, I cannot. It |
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> just says "bin". |
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> ... |
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> Is there a rationale for this? |
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One guess: when you're a normal user, you're likely to be in an X |
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terminal emulator, and probably a fancy toolkit based one too. That |
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makes overflowing lines less of a problem than on a bare 80x25 console |
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which may be all you can work with as root, especially in an emergency. |
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But then, I may be making up a rationale when there is really none and |
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it's all just a historical accident, as Alan says. |
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