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From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Aaron Siegel wrote:
> Hello - Add the line
>     hostname="<enter what ever name you want for your computer>"
> in the rc.conf file. You can use the hostname as root to change it at the prompt.
> Andrew Boothman wrote:
> >> Hi, I use to login as root on "Alt+F1" and as user on "Alt+F2". I connect the internet from the user. Whole of a sudden, sometimes, the root prompt is changed from an ordinary # to "ppp-212-#" Why is that? From where does the prompt get it's name?
> > Its sounds like your ISP might be resetting your hostname when you connect to the net. I'm not sure, but try a 'host <your-ip-address>' and see if it returns ppp-212-.....
> > If that's the case, you can tell dhclient to override the hostname setting, see man dhclient or ask again on the list.
> > Andrew.

(By the way you misspelled prompt.)  :)  If your post is because you just
want your prompt to be "#" then read up on sh if you use that as your shell
and set your prompt to BarneyPurpleDinosaur if you wish *grins*

I use tcsh and it has a command "set prompt = 'whatever you including
bold/unbold/command#/time etc'" (man tcsh)

The difference in prompts is because sometimes you are online and other
times offline, it would seem.

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