> finally settled things seem to work normally except I still get > that strange prompt "bash-4.2#" when it has always been > "[root@box6 bobg]#." I don't know if that helps but I have seen 'your strange prompt' doing this: [emilio@mipc]$ su password: [root@mipc]# su jhon bash-4.2# Emilio -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org