Baslinux mailing list

[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > When I run this, my prompt is / # instead of showing
> > which directory I am in.  Which file sets the prompt?
>
> PS1 and PS2 set the prompts.  For example:
> ----------
> PS1=\w<\$>
> ----------
> For details on possible prompts, do 'man bash' and
> search for PS1

I found PS1 in profile.  Profile is not being run when I chroot.
Which is also why I don't get any aliases.  How do I run profile?
> > How is SHELL normally set during login?
>
> It is set individually for each user in /etc/passwd
It is also set in profile in BL3 where there is only root, no other users.

Besides making a script out of profile and removing things other than PS1 
PS2 SHELL and aliases, how can I get the above to work?

> Cheers,
> Steven
Sindi