X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AA295B2.6000206@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:45:38 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Set root shell prompt in /etc/profile ? References: <4AA18DE9.50800@t-online.de> <4AA199C7.3020109@byu.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 09/04/2009 08:14 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote: > 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. You could always use what's available through 'setup.exe'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple