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T2
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Joined: 01 Jun 2002
Posts: 67
Location: Slovenia
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 Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 9:44 am Post subject: gdm doesn't export SHELL temp. fix + beautified ls |
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hi
I noticed that when loging in from gdm, SHELL variable is empty, so /etc/profile script doesn't set that fancy colored PS1
here's something I added at the end of /etc/profile to fix this and make ls more human friendly.
You can modify /etc/DIR_COLORS to ie.
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DIR 01;32
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for increased visibility on transparent aterm or black background xterms
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#sets LS_COLORS
eval `dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS`
#sets LS_OPTIONS
# Extra command line options for ls go here.
# Basically these ones are:
# -F = show '/' for dirs, '*' for executables, etc.
# -T 0 = don't trust tab spacing when formatting ls output.
# -b = better support for special characters
export LS_OPTIONS="-F -b -T 0 --color"
#alias for nice output
alias ls='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS'
alias ll='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS -l -h'
alias df='df -h'
#ommited SHELL variable testing, assuming bash as default shell
if [ `/usr/bin/whoami` = 'root' ]
then
export PS1='\[\033[01;31m\]\h \[\033[01;31m\]\W \$ \[\033[00m\]'
else
export PS1='\[\033[01;38m\]\u@\h \[\033[01;38m\]\W \$ \[\033[00m\]'
fi
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mcking
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Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 25
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
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| Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2002 3:14 am Post subject: this is ok, but it is not the Right Way |
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/etc/profile really isn't the right place to set your prompt. It is for setting global variables for all users and is sourced when you login.
the bashrc/zshrc/cshrc files are sourced for interactive shells.
If you want all users to have the same prompt, you can put your prompt stuff in /etc/bashrc and if a particular user wants to override it, they can put their own stuff in ~user/.bashrc |
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Dolio
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Joined: 17 Jun 2002
Posts: 650
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| Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2002 3:34 am Post subject: Hmm |
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The default Gentoo install has /etc/profile set a basic shell prompt, and if memory serves, the ones in that listing are the default values.
Also, I just put a prompt in /etc/bashrc and it didn't seem to do anything. Only .bashrc works.
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