On 11/10/12 05:42, James B. Byrne wrote: > CentOS-6 > > When I login as root I see this prompt: > > > [root at 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 at hostname pwd]$ > prompt? > > I have loked in/etc/profile.d and /etc/bashrc and I cannot see what > condition is triggering the different behaviour. The following line in /etc/bashrc [ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ " is changing the prompt for the root user from the default '\s-\v$ ', because the root user has '/bin/bash' as there shell. The ordinary users are just getting the default PS1 because they have there shell set to '/bin/sh', and hence, /etc/bashrc is not called. I suggest you change all normal (non-system) users to have '/bin/bash' as there default shell, and they will get the correct prompt, and a better shell. K -- Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C9A02289 Head of Technology (m) +61 (0) 4 2573 0382 DealMax Pty Ltd (w) +61 (0) 3 9008 5281 Suite 1415 401 Docklands Drive Docklands VIC 3008 Australia "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925