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root@monu dev]# Can we change the "root@monu" part and give it a desired name?
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This is changed by changing the environment variable PS1.
You can see the current value of PS1 by:
root@monu dev# echo $PS1 You can see the value to be equal to \u@\h \w\$, where:
\u: username\h: hostname\w: current working directory\$: a#symbol for the root user, a$symbol for other users
If you want the change to be permanent, you have to add the script changing the value of PS1 in ~/.bashrc, since that it gets executed every time a user logs in.
- 1Don't forget to put it into your ~/.bashrc file also. e.g. `PS1="myname \\$ "'.Keith– Keith2012-04-05 06:55:32 +00:00Commented Apr 5, 2012 at 6:55
- 5~/.bashrc is not executed every time a user logs in. “When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, bash reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that file exists.” – man bash /INVOCATIONmanatwork– manatwork2012-04-05 07:39:21 +00:00Commented Apr 5, 2012 at 7:39
- By changing them, you can change.?tshepang– tshepang2012-04-06 23:44:19 +00:00Commented Apr 6, 2012 at 23:44
- For details, see the
PROMPTINGsection withman bash.user22304– user223042012-09-23 10:30:34 +00:00Commented Sep 23, 2012 at 10:30 - Yes, but how exactly? Can you provide some examples?Peter Mortensen– Peter Mortensen2019-04-02 01:19:06 +00:00Commented Apr 2, 2019 at 1:19
This depends on your shell. As an important side note, you should never use the root account as a personal account. Create a normal user and set up access to sudo. Please check your distribution manual as to how to do this.
In zsh, you need to set the PROMPT variable like so:
PROMPT='%{ESC[38;5;24m%};%{ESC[0m%} ' zshell offers a lot of other options and this is really a minimal prompt.
In bash, you can set it this way:
local ROOK="\[\033[38;5;24m\]" local DEFAULT="\[\033[0;39m\]" PS1="${ROOK}\$${DEFAULT} " Note that in both cases, I have a 256 colour enabled terminal. The man page will help a lot (man bash or man zsh).
answered Apr 5, 2012 at 6:34
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- 2Here, you stated the root account case correctly, IMO - it is not to be used as a personal account (except on some very low-footprint embedded systems).rozcietrzewiacz– rozcietrzewiacz2012-04-05 08:46:18 +00:00Commented Apr 5, 2012 at 8:46