Configuring Bash

[Derek Ragona]

At 07:20 PM 5/14/2008, Montag wrote:
>This should be a fairly simple process, I don't really know what I am
>missing.
>
>I've got the following in the .bash_profile of a basic user account:
>
># set prompt [user at host--/dir] $ (# for root)
>PS1 = ' [\u@\h--\w] '
>case `id -u` in
>       0) PS1='${PS1} # ';; # root
>       *) PS1='${PS1} $ ';; # everyone else
>
>When I log in, I am greeted with:
>${PS1} $ $
>
>However, if I su to root, I get:
>[root at host-- /home/user]#
>
>That is what I wanted, but for some reason it is not working for a
>normal user.  I thought perhaps the problem could be that .bash_profile
>is only loaded when a non-login shell is spawned, but a quick
>consultation of man bash revealed that bash reads ~/.bash_profile when
>it is invoked as a login shell.
>
>My next thought was that it was a permissions issue, but:
>su
>chmod 777 .bash_profile
>exit
>logout
>login
>
>That did not change the results, the output was still the same as above.
>  This is all being done at the console, by the way.
>
>Appreciate any advice,
>
>montag

Check how the shell is invoked via /etc/passwd

Are you saying it works if you:
su - root

But logging in as a regular user.  So, can you:
login as a regular user
su - root
su - [regular user]

What does this produce?

         -Derek

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