Just getting into CLI in general and ZSH in particular and would like some help. FYI, I'm running Debian 9.8. Hope this is the right place to ask this. I have my normal users prompt set in ~/.zshrc as follows:

if [[ $UID = 1000 ]]; then
PS1='%B%F{yellow}%T %~ %# %F{reset_colors} '
else
PS1='%B%F{red}%T %~ %# %F{reset_colors} '
fi

which works fine, but when I switch to root user, using 'sudo su' my prompt shows the '#' as it should, but the letters are plain and black, not red and bold. How (where) do I set it the root prompt (or root $PS1) so the lettering shows red? Any and all help0 is greatly appreciated.

Froggg aka Dave

Never Mind, I found it. But, in case anyone else ran into the same problem, go into /root/.zshrc and put the desired prompt there.

Froggg

Welcome to LQ.

Yes, each user has its own .zshrc (or .bashrc, if using bash). Note that the test is not actually necessary...the UID will always be that of the user (1000 in your example).

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Scacey, many thanks for the reply and tip.

Froggg