Re: [CentOS] Setting PS1 for ordinary users

James B. Byrne wrote:

CentOS-6

When I login as root I see this prompt:

[root@vhost04 ~]#

When I login as a non-priviledged user I see this instead:

sh-4.1$

.bashrc and .bash_profile have identical contents in /root and /home/user. What causes the difference? Why? How does one change the default so that all normal users get a [userid@hostname pwd]$ prompt?

I have loked in/etc/profile.d and /etc/bashrc and I cannot see what condition is triggering the different behaviour.

I'd guess whether there's a ~/.bashrc. I've got mine set the way I want it; I don't remember a ~/.bashrc being automagically created for new users.

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