Make any console show my username instead of bash?

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Make any console show my username instead of bash?

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07-21-2002, 01:09 AM	#1
elkrammer LQ Newbie Registered: Jul 2002 Location: Chile Distribution: Debian Sid Posts: 29 Rep:	Make any console show my username instead of bash? Yep how can i make a console display my user name at the begin like myname@slackware # instead of bash-2.05a thanks in advance

07-21-2002, 01:28 AM	#2
CARTMAN Member Registered: Feb 2002 Location: Turkiye Distribution: Pardus Posts: 147 Rep:	try bash --login

07-21-2002, 04:06 AM	#3
Praetorian Member Registered: Jun 2002 Distribution: Ubuntu Posts: 31 Rep:	I've been wondering the same thing. Thanks cartman.

07-21-2002, 04:08 AM	#4
dorward Member Registered: Sep 2001 Distribution: Gentoo Posts: 760 Rep:	http://www.happyhacker.org/gtmhh/bashe.shtml http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/

07-23-2002, 09:48 AM	#5
Aussie Senior Member Registered: Sep 2001 Location: Brisvegas, Antipodes Distribution: Slackware Posts: 4,590 Rep:	Bash Prompt Fun.

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