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@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.
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