Some quick questions

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 00:21 +0800, Roy M. wrote:
> Hey
> 
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Preston Kutzner<shizzlecash at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you're looking to set the system-wide value, you can change it in /
> > etc/profile.  If you're looking to change it only for your account,
> > you can change it by adding the appropriate PS1 lines to your ~/.profile
> >
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I put in /etc/profile but only normal users can get the effect.
> 
> If I change root, then I cannot get the desired PS1.    

if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
      PS1='# '
    else
      PS1='$ '
fi

The above is the logic in /etc/profile to set PS1.  root's prompt is set
to '#' and everyone else to '$'.  root also has its own .profile which
further manipulates the environment and PS1, IIRC.

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