On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:42:27PM +0100, Ronny Buchmann wrote: > If you have several terminals opened (some root, some user) you will easily > distinguish by $/#? > Have you never been in a hurry? > > I find it very heplfull if root/non-root prompt can be more easily > distinguished. (I would prefer a two-liner for root) People should get in the habit of using sudo wherever possible instead of opening a root shell.