Author Topic: Bash Prompt Customization And Cacko (Read 2496 times)

bam · « **on:** February 03, 2006, 04:21:54 am »

where do I place the "profile" file? /etc does not seem to affect it.

pgas · « **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2006, 04:32:20 am »

look for/in:

~/.profile (/home/zaurus/.profile)
~/.bashrc

/etc/bashrc
/etc/profile

The settings in .profile .bashrc in the home directory override the ones in /etc/

bam · « **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2006, 04:50:12 am »

thanks I will take a looksee.

bam · « **Reply #3 on:** February 03, 2006, 02:57:16 pm »

no affect, in either location....hhmmmm

pgas · « **Reply #4 on:** February 03, 2006, 03:20:55 pm »

hmm are you using bash? or the shell from busybox ?

bam · « **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2006, 09:40:04 pm »

using bash, got the root user prompt fixed to display something useful, now does anyone know how to get the zaurus user prompt to work accordingly?

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Author Topic: Bash Prompt Customization And Cacko (Read 2496 times)