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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
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> 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.
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