On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 14:00 -0400, Ben Steeves wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:53:15 -0500, Nick Bargnesi <nbargnesi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -- WARNING - LOGGED IN AS ROOT -- > > [root@machine root]# > > > > Might look obtrusive but it gets the point across to the color blind > > administrators and feature-less terminals. > > Reverse video is supported on just about every terminal I can think of > (I'm sure there are some that I can't, tho :-) -- and it works for > colour-blind users, too. > > Personally, all my root prompts are reversed video, with the > background colour different on different servers. It helps when you > have root shells on four or five boxes open at once... wouldn't want > to shutdown the wrong server, now would we ;-) That was my prompt that Rahul posted. Sorry about squeaking in mid- thread, I just joined the list. Yeah, it's an ugly prompt, but it works well for me :) I used to use all-red for root and all white for non-root, but I ran into some issues on some terminals I was using. It seems to me that if a user were colour blind, then it would be the same net effect as not changing the prompt at all. The prompt already contains the user name, as well as a # or a $ (depending on state). I don't like the idea of adding "-- WARNING - LOGGED IN AS ROOT --" unless it's part of the actual prompt (which would be nuts). When I've got six terminal sessions running and half are root, I need more indication besides a one-line banner when I first start the session. -- Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it!... Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! --Fry Futurama - "A Clone of My Own"
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