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Re: Set root shell prompt in /etc/profile ?


On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> The ideal way would be patching bash to recognize if the current user has
> root privileges (rather than its current check for just uid==0), so that
> the PS1 escape \$ automatically printed # for privileged and $ for normal.
>
> I'll add it to my TODO list, but if someone comes up with a patch first,
> I'd gladly review it.

Got a pointer to latest bash sources?  I tried the savannah cvs
repository and they don't seem to be there anymore.
-- 
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>

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