Changing the terminal string.

Mr60s · 04-19-2004, 07:13 AM

Hello there,

Am new to linux, but I enjoy it more & more every day.
My question regarding the terminal, I was wondering how I could change the "localhost" part to someting else.

Exampel: I want this; [root@localhost /]# to become this; [root@Astring /]#

Any help would be grate, thanks!

TroelsSmit · 04-19-2004, 07:29 AM

Localhost is set because you have not defined a hostname I guess.

You can change the prompt in the ~/.bashrc file (if using bash):
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
# set a fancy prompt
PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi

Check 'man bash' for more information and use the '/' button to search.

Mr60s · 04-19-2004, 07:52 AM

Thanks for your time, that did work very well.
However I was looking for a global affect, something the would affect all the users, without me going around changing every ~/.bashrc files.
Any ideas?

TroelsSmit · 04-19-2004, 09:21 AM

Do the same thing in /etc/profile :-)

Mr60s · 04-20-2004, 04:32 AM

Thanks alot, now it works like charm