Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:35:56 -0600 From: Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley@hotmail.com> To: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Shell Message-ID: <CY4PR19MB0104E3F1EDD5E2EF533D9447F96E0@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <CY4PR19MB010400AC4940C67421BFADE8F96E0@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> References: <CY4PR19MB010400AC4940C67421BFADE8F96E0@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> <CY4PR19MB010400AC4940C67421BFADE8F96E0@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com>
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In order to modify your prompt, you need to alter the variable PS1 in
your .cshrc (C-shell startup file, note the starting '.') in your
/root directory. For your regular prompt, look in the .profile file in
/home/myuser.
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.cshrc I found in the usr directory with .profile. I don't want to change the prompt for the usr, just for the csh shell for root. How do I do this if my .cshrc file is in usr directory?
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> On Jun 29, 2020 at 3:51 PM, Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 6/29/20, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > There has been a difference in the hash sign of the command line. When I'm > logged in as user it is $. When I am logged in as root it is #, even when I > do not execute a shell. Usually it was root@machine17#. How do I change it > back? I have to do pwd instead of just knowing what directory I am in. > > The shell used for the root user is different than the shell used for a regular user, csh is leaner but also meaner than sh in many ways. Do some research: man csh. You can also get more examples on the web; google 'freebsd csh set prompt'. In order to modify your prompt, you need to alter the variable PS1 in your .cshrc (C-shell startup file, note the starting '.') in your /root directory. For your regular prompt, look in the .profile file in /home/myuser. I will warn you up front: the two shells are quite different. Save a backup of each of these files before you alter them. If your com
puter dumps you into shell mode without booting, having a .profile in /root is also a good idea. From the emergency shell you can 'source /home/myuser/.profile' -- Don Wilde **************************************************** * What is the Internet of Things but a system * * of systems including humans? * ****************************************************
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On 2020-06-29 14:51, Donald Wilde wrote:
> On 6/29/20, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> There has been a difference in the hash sign of the command line. When I'm
>> logged in as user it is $. When I am logged in as root it is #, even when I
>> do not execute a shell. Usually it was root@machine17#. How do I change it
>> back? I have to do pwd instead of just knowing what directory I am in.
>>
>>
> The shell used for the root user is different than the shell used for
> a regular user, csh is leaner but also meaner than sh in many ways.
>
> Do some research: man csh.
>
> You can also get more examples on the web; google 'freebsd csh set prompt'.
>
> In order to modify your prompt, you need to alter the variable PS1 in
> your .cshrc (C-shell startup file, note the starting '.') in your
> /root directory. For your regular prompt, look in the .profile file in
> /home/myuser.
>
> I will warn you up front: the two shells are quite different. Save a
> backup of each of these files before you alter them. If your computer
> dumps you into shell mode without booting, having a .profile in /root
> is also a good idea. From the emergency shell you can 'source
> /home/myuser/.profile'
+1
Another option is to set the shell program for 'toor' to whatever is
desired, and then use that account for system administration tasks:
2020-06-29 15:38:09 toor@f3 ~/f3.tracy.holgerdanske.com
# head -n 4 /etc/passwd | tail -n 2
root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
toor:*:0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:/usr/local/bin/bash
Note that this implies you enable logins for 'toor' and install bash(1).
(I would not change the shell for root, as this could break your system.)
David
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