Command line question

[Robert J. Grange]

Yes that is it.  The prompt has changed from what it was originally  
to the bash$ prompt.  The bash prompt also acts differently, so maybe  
something got messed about when I did the yum upgrade.  So if I can  
get back to the # prompt that would be very cool.  Sorry about the  
language confusion, my brain hurts.


Robert


On Sep 12, 2005, at 9:37 PM, Kathryn Tate wrote:

> I think I know what you are talking about now--though I could be  
> wrong but will take a stab at it.
> bash is the default shell of all linux distros--at least to my  
> knowledge.
> And what you noticed changing was the prompt at the command line,  
> not the shell. For example, when you su as root, you probably  
> noticed the prompt change from $ to #. The reason this happens is  
> for security--to let you know that you now have super user  
> privileges so watch what you do as you could mess something up.
>
> If you don't like the dollar sign as your prompt, you can configure  
> this as well.
> You can change what your prompt looks like.
>
> If this is what you were talking about, let me know and I'll show  
> you how to change your prompt.
>
> Kathryn
>
>
> On Sep 12, 2005, at 8:38 PM, Robert J. Grange wrote:
>
>
>> My default shell was the shell that is set by YDL as the default.   
>> It was not a bash shell, though I am sorry to say that I don't  
>> recall what it was.  However, when I signed in as either root, or  
>> su, the shell acted differently.  Then one day, the bash command  
>> line shows up.  And as for upgrading to v4, I will wait a while.
>>
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Kathryn Tate wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Are you talking about getting your default shell to start up when  
>>> you open the terminal? What was your default shell? You can  
>>> change which shell starts up in your login scripts. Those would  
>>> be .bashrc, .profile, .kshrc and so on.
>>>
>>> The latest is version 4 (. something) of Yellow Dog.
>>>
>>> Kathryn
>>> On Sep 12, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Robert J. Grange wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I updated my linux version to the latest of 3, whatever that  
>>>> is.  When I went into the terminal window and typed in su, then  
>>>> my password, I got a bash command line.  What happened to the  
>>>> default command line I have no idea, but now yum will not  
>>>> update, or anything else for that matter.  Can someone help with  
>>>> getting my default command line back, or do I have to hack the  
>>>> yum.conf file or what .  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Robert
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