Chris Geldenhuis wrote:
> Vnpenguin wrote:
>> 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=.... in $HOME/.bashrc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> see
>>>> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/bash-prompt-escape-sequences.html for
>>>> the PS1 options...
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>>> 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
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> Hi Johan,
>
> Follow exactly the same procedure that you did with your own login. Edit
> .basrc in /root and change the PS1 setting there. You have to be root to
> be able to do this.
>
> ChrisG
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Thanks Chris,
That is what I was looking for.
Regards
Johan
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