Problems changing the default login prompt...
 

Hello all,

I've administated RedHat for some years now both at home and at various jobs, but I've never had to change the default login prompt for all users before strangely enough. The default /etc/bashrc for RedHat 9 is:
# /etc/bashrc

# System wide functions and aliases
# Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile

# by default, we want this to get set.
# Even for non-interactive, non-login shells.
if [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then
umask 002
else
umask 022
fi

# are we an interactive shell?
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ]; then
if [ "x`tput kbs`" != "x" ]; then # We can't do this with "dumb" terminal
stty erase `tput kbs`
elif [ -x /usr/bin/wc ]; then
if [ "`tput kbs|wc -c `" -gt 0 ]; then # We can't do this with "dumb" terminal
stty erase `tput kbs`
fi
fi
fi
case $TERM in
xterm*)
if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-xterm ]; then
PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-xterm
else
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/#$HOME/~}\007"'
fi
;;
screen)
if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-screen ]; then
PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-screen
else
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033_${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/#$HOME/~}\033\\"'
fi
;;
*)
[ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default ] && PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default
;;
esac
# Turn on checkwinsize
shopt -s checkwinsize
[ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

if [ "x$SHLVL" != "x1" ]; then # We're not a login shell
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
if [ -r "$i" ]; then
. $i
fi
done
fi
fi
# vim:ts=4:sw=4

I changed it to this:

# /etc/bashrc

# System wide functions and aliases
# Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile

# by default, we want this to get set.
# Even for non-interactive, non-login shells.
if [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then
umask 002
else
umask 022
fi

# are we an interactive shell?
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
stty erase ^?
case $TERM in
xterm*)
PROMPT_COMMAND="`tput bold`"'$LOGNAME@'"$HOSTNAME:"'${PWD#$HOME/}'"`tput rmso` > "
;;
screen)
PROMPT_COMMAND="`tput bold`"'$LOGNAME@'"$HOSTNAME:"'${PWD#$HOME/}'"`tput rmso` > "
;;
*)
PROMPT_COMMAND="`tput bold`"'$LOGNAME@'"$HOSTNAME:"'${PWD#$HOME/}'"`tput rmso` > "
;;
esac

# Turn on checkwinsize
shopt -s checkwinsize

# [ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

if [ "x$SHLVL" != "x1" ]; then # We're not a login shell
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh
do
if [ -r "$i" ]; then
. $i
fi
done
fi
fi
# vim:ts=4:sw=4

The default login prompt for all user is now supposed to look something like this:

mqm@:/users/service/mqm >

But all I get is an error when I log in at root and I returned to the old login prompt. What did I do wrong??

I don't know if this will help, but I'll try.

I put this in my /etc/bashrc (and in my user's .bashrc):

# 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

If you study this, or try it out, you wll see that, if the user is root, the prompt is RED (for warning, you can do great damage if you're not careful), and if the user us username, the prompt is blue (cool, can't damage anything other than my user files).

So, to correct your problem, perhaps you need something similar to watch for the ROOT_UID, which states what to do if the user is root?

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwork...mpt/index.html

check this out also to colorize your prompt..........
save the page local so you can use it as a
reference!!

THANK YOU,

Your comments did the trick. Below are the relevant parts of my new bashrc. I suppose I could have written it more elegantly, but it work just the same. Thanks again...

if [ "$PS1" ]
then
ROOT_UID=0
if [ "$UID" -eq "$ROOT_UID" ]
then
case $TERM in
xterm*)
set -o vi
stty erase ^?
PS1="\[\033[31;1m\]\u@\H:\w > \[\033[0m\]"
;;
screen)
set -o vi
stty erase ^?
PS1="\[\033[31;1m\]\u@\H:\w > \[\033[0m\]"
;;
*)
set -o vi
stty erase ^?
PS1="\[\033[31;1m\]\u@\H:\w > \[\033[0m\]"
;;
esac
else
case $TERM in
xterm*)
set -o vi
stty erase ^?
PS1="\[\033[34;1m\]\u@\H:\w > \[\033[0m\]"
;;
screen)
set -o vi
stty erase ^?
PS1="\[\033[34;1m\]\u@\H:\w > \[\033[0m\]"
;;
*)
set -o vi
stty erase ^?
PS1="\[\033[34;1m\]\u@\H:\w > \[\033[0m\]"
;;
esac
fi

# Turn on checkwinsize
shopt -s checkwinsize

if [ "x$SHLVL" != "x1" ]; then # We're not a login shell
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh
do
if [ -r "$i" ]; then
. $i
fi
done
fi
fi