From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 18 12:56:28 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 12:56:24 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kraeusen.nbrewer.com (unknown [208.42.68.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7248237B736 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:56:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by kraeusen.nbrewer.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 316D817436; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:56:22 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:55:40 -0600 From: Christopher Farley To: ktb Subject: Re: changing root prompt Message-ID: <20001218145540.A28364@northernbrewer.com> References: <20001218131844.A19814@debian.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001218131844.A19814@debian.local>; from x.y.f@home.com on Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:18:44PM -0600 Organization: Northern Brewer, St. Paul, MN Resent-From: chris@northernbrewer.com Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:56:22 -0600 Resent-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Resent-Message-Id: <20001218205622.316D817436@kraeusen.nbrewer.com> Resent-Sender: chris@nbrewer.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ktb (x.y.f@home.com) wrote: > I'm using 4.2 and csh. I've set the prompt for regular user in > ~/.cshrc and it works fine. I tried changing the prompt for > root in /root/.cshrc and it doesn't work. I've tried > /etc/profile, /etc/csh.cshrc, and /root/.profile and it still > won't work. The string I'm using is - > set prompt = "%m@[%/]# " > Which file to I change to make this stick? Um, I set my prompt in /root/.cshrc and it *does* work. I would look through the .cshrc script and see if something is changing your prompt back after you change it. -- Christopher Farley Northern Brewer / 1150 Grand Avenue / St. Paul, MN 55105 www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message