Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!ukma!uflorida!haven!cvl!elsie!ado From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Info on BRL shell Summary: Documentation Message-ID: <8137@elsie.UUCP> Date: 22 Sep 88 16:25:57 GMT References: <406@marob.MASA.COM> <8473@smoke.ARPA> <12192@steinmetz.ge.com> <3503@phri.UUCP> Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 12 > Please tell me that I'm not the only one who feels competent to decide > how I set my prompt, for root or anyone else. One problem is that the decision can't be made in a vacuum. The manual page for su(1) on our SunOS 4.0 system notes that To remind the super-user of his responsibilities, the shell substitutes `#' for '$' or '%' in its usual prompt. If shells are set up to behave differently, the su(1) documentation becomes incorrect. -- The Canadian space program is into artificial catatonia. ado@ncifcrf.gov ADO is a trademark of Ampex.