On Tuesday 19 April 2011 20:18:38 Roland Roland wrote: > Dear all, > > i've appended the below to /etc/bashrc it works like a charm with ssh > connections though SFTP sessions fail since the below is being sent to > the intiator. > any way of limiting the below to none sftp sessions? or any other idea > for it to work? > > > # If id command returns zero, you’ve root access. > if [ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]; > then # you are root, set red colour prompt > echo "###############################################" > echo "### You are now working as ROOT. ###" > echo "### Pay attention to what you type. ###" > echo "###############################################" > PS1="\\[$(tput setaf 1)\\]\\u@\\h:\\w #\\[$(tput sgr0)\\]" > else # normal > echo > echo " ###########################################################" > echo "Welcome $(whoami), here's something to start your day with:" > echo > echo `sh /etc/lines.sh /etc/quotes.txt` > echo " ############################################################" > echo > PS1="[\\u@\\h:\\w] $" > fi > Rolan, you have two choices: 1. Print the whole content on STDERR so you don't disturb the sftp 2. if [ "$-" != 'hBc' ]; then echo 'your content here'; fi If you go to the second option, the idea there is that $- is set to hBc every time you use the shell from SFTP (non-interactive mode). So you echo all the things you like only if it is an interactive shell. Marian -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110420/3d052084/attachment-0003.sig>