login prompt changed

boby.kumar · 08-16-2013, 09:28 AM

Hi Friends
Login prompt changed as logged by user in linux machine.

login as: abc123
abc123@10.20.30.X's password:
Last login: Wed Aug 14 14:30:15 2013 from 10.20.30.y
-bash-4.1$
-bash-4.1$

It was earlier as:[abc123@hostname]#

now it is -bash-4.1$

Any idea why its happened and what is root cause of this issue ?

climaxnix · 08-16-2013, 09:55 AM

hi,

please take a look at:

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x157.html

and the next two pages in that document.

So may be the profile had been modified.

shivaa · 08-16-2013, 09:57 AM

It's user's default login prompt. Perhaps you've (or user) changed some shell initialization file (.bashrc or .profile etc) where earlier prompt was set. Well, you can set it again as:
Add following line at the end of user's .bashrc or .profile file:

Code:

export PS1="[\u\@\H\]# "
OR
export PS1="[$(whoami)\@$(hostname)]\# "

And then source the file:

Code:

~$ source .bashrc 
OR
~$ source .profile

TB0ne · 08-16-2013, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boby.kumar

Hi Friends
Login prompt changed as logged by user in linux machine.

login as: abc123
abc123@10.20.30.X's password:
Last login: Wed Aug 14 14:30:15 2013 from 10.20.30.y
-bash-4.1$
-bash-4.1$

It was earlier as:[abc123@hostname]#

now it is -bash-4.1$

Any idea why its happened and what is root cause of this issue ?

Yes, and it was answered in your other thread, too.