[ubuntu-uk] Just noticed something..not sure if its an error.....

[jim.cameron at buhlersortex.com]

Tony Arnold,
> See my previous post. I don't think the $ indicates anything
> about root privileges. The user can define their own prompt
> and put whatever he/she likes in there!

You are of course perfectly right. By default, though, a # denotes root privileges and a $ non-root, and I'm sure that 99 out of 100 Linux-based systems follow the convention. Although as other posters have pointed out, most people just use sudo anyway.

jim
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