Configuring Bash

[Wojciech Puchar]

> 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} $ $

$PS1 nie ${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
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