John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/25/10 12:36 PM, Johan Scheepers wrote: >> Good day, >> >>> [johan at unknown2a6800000000 ~]$ >> How/where could I make the above a lot shorter please. > > A) choose a shorter hostname > > B) change your default prompt via an export PS1=.... in $HOME/.bashrc > > > see > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/bash-prompt-escape-sequences.html for > the PS1 options... > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > gedit .bashrc # User specific aliases and functions PS1="[johan@\W] \$> " [johan@~] $> cd /bin [johan at bin] $> [johan at bin] $> su root Password: [root at unknown2a6800000000 bin]# Now only need to fix superuser. Kindly where/how please Johan