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Subject: Re: bash shell $ and #
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* ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com> [20011011 05:26]: writing on the subject '=
bash shell $ and #'
| Dear all
|=20
| I have normal user in # shell
| it is same as root in # shell
|=20
| I type whoami, it is normal user
|=20
| Why and is it normal?

Check your shell's rc file, .cshrc, .bashrc for the prompt declaration.
That's the nearest guess ;)


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