Am I running as ROOT?

wardialer · 04-24-2005, 02:41 PM

Check this out:

Code:

jslay01@linux:~> whoami
jslay01
jslay01@linux:~> id
uid=1000(jslay01) gid=100(users) groups=16(dialout),33(video),100(users)
jslay01@linux:~>

Im logging in as: jslay01

During the installation process I included a ROOT password and a Username password FOR jslayton.

XavierP · 04-24-2005, 03:09 PM

If you were logging in as root, your user name would be root and when you open a console you'd see a # instead of a $.

From the above, you appear to be a normal user.

trickykid · 04-24-2005, 03:16 PM

Code:

jslay01@linux:~> whoami
jslay01

Well, not sure why you think your root when it tells you who you are at the bash prompt and when running the whoami command.. you'd think if you thought you were running as root, you'd see root mentioned somewhere..

bigrigdriver · 04-25-2005, 01:31 PM

Edit your /etc/bashrc and put this in place of the PS1 line which is there now.

# bash-specific settings
ROOT_UID=0
if [ "$UID" -eq "$ROOT_UID" ]
then
PS1="\[\033[31;1m\]\u \d] \\$\w\n \[\033[0m\]"
else
PS1="\[\033[34;1m\]\u \d] \\$\w\n \[\033[0m\]"
fi

This changes the shell prompt in the following ways:
If you are root, the name root shows, and the color is red (warning).
If you are user, the username shows, and the color is blue (cool).
The prompt also shows the day of the week, the month, the date, and the full path to wherever you are in the directory tree.

Never wonder again "am I root?".