From wtopa@ix.netcom.com Mon Feb 2 03:41:11 1998 From: wtopa@ix.netcom.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Is this a Bash 2 problem? Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 04:41:11 +0100 Message-ID: <6b3f8n$85d$1@Galois.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <[S.u.S.E. Linux] Is this a Bash 2 problem?> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8679323149249581576==" --===============8679323149249581576== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If it DID over ride the one in /etc/profile I would not have written the first message in this thread if the first place! My custom prompt in .bash_profile DIDN't work, UNTIL I commented out the PROMPT_COMMAND in /etc/profile. Did you read all the threaded messages??? Wayne Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Is this a Bash 2 problem? Date: Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 09:06:24PM -0500 In reply to:Luis A. Costabile Quoting Luis A. Costabile (luis(a)lac.resonet.com): > > > On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > > > > > Found the answer to this one. It is NOT a Bash 2 problem! > > It is another SuSE gotcha! > > > > SuSE customizes the login prompt for EVERYONE in /etc/profile > > with PROMPT_COMMAND. If you comment that out users can customize > > their own prompt in .bash_profile, like always. The lines in the > > original message (below) work just fine now. > > Why comment it out? it's meant for users who don't have or need a special > prompt. If you do need something diff then your variable will over ride > the one in /etc/profile. > > -- > Lou A. Costabile Voice and Fax: [613] 781-7061 > mailto:luis(a)lac.resonet.com > To get Receipt Notification include %rec% anywhere in the Subject field. > > You must restart your computer before the new message will take effect. > Do you want to restart your computer now? Yes or Yes > -- > > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e -- -- Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============8679323149249581576==--