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Old 07-11-2001, 06:10 PM   #1
gummyworms
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bash-2.04#? what happened to root@localhost


Okay, I installed a copy of Redhat 7.1 today, and after that, installed MySQL, Apache, PHP, and Samba, in that order. Now, instead of saying [root@localhost] at the shell, it says bash-2.04.
I dont know why it happened.

How do I revert to my original shell?

Thanks,
Shawn
 
Old 07-11-2001, 06:29 PM   #2
jharris
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Have a look in /etc/profile for the following lines (or something close), and set them as below.
Code:
# Set a default shell prompt:
#PS1='`hostname`:`pwd`# '
if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/pdksh" -o "$SHELL" = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
 PS1="! $ "
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/zsh" ]; then
 PS1="%n@%m:%~%# "
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ash" ]; then
 PS1="$ "
else
 PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
PS2='> '
The shell won't have changed much, just the prompt settings.

HTH

Jamie...
 
Old 07-12-2001, 10:47 AM   #3
gummyworms
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Thanks jharris, I retraced my steps and found out what happened. I access my web server using Samba, logging in as root on my windows machine and mapping a network drive to access the linux box. Problem was, when I logged in with root on the windows machine, it would only let me stay in the /root/ directory, and I couldnt access my web server files.

I did a "usermod -d / root" to change the root's home dir to /, so I could access the full server. After that, I got the bash-2.04# thing, so I reverted the root home back to /root/ and got my original prompt back.

Is there a way to change a user's home directory, and automatically move the files associated with that user?
 
  


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