How can I change my root prompt?
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This is my desired prompt (I would like colors too, but, as long as sh should be the shell for root, I have read it is hard to achieve):
PS1="`whoami`@`hostname | sed 's/\..*//'`~ $PWD>"How can I change the default prompt for root user to this one?
I logint into my pfSense machine via SSH remote connections. I don't know if the change should be the same for physical access. -
You could try editing ~/.tcsh
[2.4.3-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.xxxx.net]/root: ls -alg .tcshrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2418 Jun 25 19:55 .tcshrc [2.4.3-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.xxxx.net]/root: grep prompt .tcshrc set prompt="[%B`cat /etc/version`%b][%B%n%b%{\033[0;1;31m%}@%{\033[0;0;0m%}%B%M%b]%/%{\033[0;1;31m%}:%{\033[0;0;0m%} " [2.4.3-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.xxxx.net]/root: -
Not working:
\[\033[00;32m\]\u@Balanceador\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]/root\[\033[00m\]$ whoami root \[\033[00;32m\]\u@Balanceador\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]/root\[\033[00m\]$ echo $SHELL /bin/sh \[\033[00;32m\]\u@Balanceador\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]/root\[\033[00m\]$ pwd /root \[\033[00;32m\]\u@Balanceador\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]/root\[\033[00m\]$ grep PS1 .tcshrc export PS1="`whoami`@`hostname | sed 's/\..*//'`~ $PWD>" \[\033[00;32m\]\u@Balanceador\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]/root\[\033[00m\]$ grep prompt .tcshrc set prompt="`whoami`@`hostname | sed 's/\..*//'`~ $PWD>"Of course, I tried reloging in.
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tcsh != sh
You'll need to look at the tcsh man pages.
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@nogbadthebad
Obviously, tcsh is not sh . I never said I was using tcsh.Neither does the .shrc file seems to solve the problem:
$ grep PS1 .shrc PS1="`whoami`@`hostname | sed 's/\..*//'` ~$PWD > " $ grep VISUAL .shrc VISUAL=nano $ echo $PS1 \[\033[00;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]$ $ echo $VISUAL [nothing]It seems the .shrc file is ignored too.
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@nogbadthebad said in How can I change my root prompt?:
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The default shell is tcsh that's why i stated tcsh != sh, I didn't spot the bit where you mentioned echo $SHELL
