Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:21:44 -0400 From: Bob Webb <bob.webb@snyder.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: su -m and PS1 Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=SNYDER%l=BETHHQMAIL-970929142144Z-9837@BETHHQMAIL>
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I subscribe to the philosophy to login as yourself and su to root when needed. The problem I am having is that I have use bash for my user id with a PS1 that displays the active directory (PS1='\u@\h:\w\$'). I would like to keep this PS1 when I su to root, but it does not work. I tried su -m as well. It keeps my environment intact, EXCEPT for PS1 ! When I su to root, I get a PS1 that is "'\s-\v\$ ' Root does not have a .bash_profile or bashrc, and the .profile has no reference to a PS1. I tried greping around for files containing a reference to PS1 to try and find where root is picking up this PS1 value, but no luck. Any ideas ?? Thanks, Bob/
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