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>There is only one problem.  My .rc files have this setup, as you
>described, but modified for bash:

>if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
>       PS1="root@\h\w\$"
>else
>       PS1="joseph@\h\w\$"
>fi
>According to the man page on bash, the "$" is supposed to show up as "#"
>if uid is 0, otherwise it will show as "$".  It doesn't do this,
>however.  It always shows up as "$", regardless of uid.

I'd recommend adding this line to your ~/.bashrc 

export PS1='\u@\h\w\$ '

This works wonderfully for me, hope it does the same for you.

Cheers,

Michael Coulter


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