On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 23:02, Johan Scheepers <johansche@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: >> On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: >>> Good day, >>> >>>> [johan@unknown2a6800000000 ~]$ >>> How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. >> >> A) choose a shorter hostname >> >> B) change your default prompt via an export PS1=.... Â in $HOME/.bashrc >> >> >> see >> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/bash-prompt-escape-sequences.html for >> the PS1 options... >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > gedit .bashrc > > # User specific aliases and functions > > PS1="[johan@\W] \$> " > > [johan@~] $> cd /bin > [johan@bin] $> > [johan@bin] $> su root > Password: > [root@unknown2a6800000000 bin]# > > Now only need to fix superuser. > Kindly where/how please * man hostname * vim /etc/sysconfig/network _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos