From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 13:51:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9714116A4CE for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:51:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91.asp.att.net [204.127.203.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C4DE43D5C for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:51:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.fleck@mchsi.com) Received: from grond (12-216-10-157.client.mchsi.com[12.216.10.157]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with SMTP id <20040729135149m91006ttfbe>; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:51:50 +0000 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:51:48 -0500 (CDT) From: David Fleck Sender: dcf@grond.sourballs.org To: Dan In-Reply-To: <000801c47570$25df3ab0$ca2aeecd@dannewxp> Message-ID: <20040729085044.T17836@grond.sourballs.org> References: <000801c47570$25df3ab0$ca2aeecd@dannewxp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD How to you set the prompt X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:51:51 -0000 On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Dan wrote: > Where and how do you set the prompt to show what user name that your on IE ROOT or user johndoe. > Eample of what the end results I would like to see. > > # router1.pdx/chatusa.com user johndoe. It depends on what shell you're using. Read the man page for that shell, searching for information on the shell variable 'prompt'. -- David Fleck david.fleck@mchsi.com