[SOLVED] root's red bash prompt not functional using su -

MatejLach · 2011-12-03 17:49:50

Not sure if this is the right section for this, but I hope so :-)

Recently, I started playing with coloured bash prompts.
When I edit my .bashrc user file to make my PS1 green it works, but not so with root's red prompt.
When I log in directly as root, I DO see red prompt, but not so when using

su -

.

Any ideas?
P.S. I am following this wiki article:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ic_prompts

Thanks,

Last edited by MatejLach (2011-12-05 18:12:34)

falconindy · 2011-12-03 18:41:20

'su -' causes a login session to be started, which means .bash_profile (or .profile) is read, NOT .bashrc. See the INVOCATION section of bash(1) for a more complete description of the difference between an interactive shell and a login shell.

MatejLach · 2011-12-05 18:12:10

Aaah, of course - many thanks!

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[SOLVED] root's red bash prompt not functional using su -

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