bash-3.00$: to rasputin~$: ?

[rabbit]

I want my term to tell me pwd in my display, not bash-3.00$ like it does.  I KNOW it's around here, but I can't find where whoever said how said it ><

[iago]

It depends how you are opening your terminal.  I think in KDE and Gnome there's an option, on the properties page for the shortcut to the terminal, or maybe on the terminal itself, to open the terminal as a "login shell".  Enable that. 

If you're directly running xterm, run it with the "-ls" parameter. 

[Ergot]

I think I fixed it by adding "source /etc/profile" to ~/.bash_profile

[iago]

I think I fixed it by adding "source /etc/profile" to ~/.bash_profile

That's not the best way to do it, /etc/profile is run when a login shell is started, and bash_profile is run when bash is started. Those aren't the same thing, technically. 

[nslay]

I want my term to tell me pwd in my display, not bash-3.00$ like it does.  I KNOW it's around here, but I can't find where whoever said how said it ><

Do
export PS1="[\u@\h \w]\$ "

EDIT: Can add it to ~/.bashrc too

[Sidoh]

I always do

echo "source /etc/profile" > ~/.bashrc

Works fine for me.

Edit: Oh, also, anyone know how to do this with redhat linux?  I was messing around with it for a while last night and got it to work, but how do you make the shell update some variable with the working directory every time you change it?  I was doing pwd, but that is a static ~, obviously.

[iago]

I always do

echo "source /etc/profile" > ~/.bashrc

Works fine for me.

Edit: Oh, also, anyone know how to do this with redhat linux?  I was messing around with it for a while last night and got it to work, but how do you make the shell update some variable with the working directory every time you change it?  I was doing pwd, but that is a static ~, obviously.

You can probably do it the way I suggested, make the shell a login shell.  Either edit the shortcut, or run xterm with -ls. 

[Sidoh]

I want this to work with ssh too.  I don't think that will work with it?  I found their login script (it's ~/.cshrc), and the variable defining the prompt syntax (set prompt=""). Do I need to fix that?

[iago]

With csh, things are different.  You should switch to bash (chsh)

[Sidoh]

With csh, things are different.  You should switch to bash (chsh)

These are public lab computers they open SSH access to.  I'd love to switch to bash, since that's what I'm familiar with.  I've tried to use for, do, etc a few times and it throws errors!  Is there a way to change it for one user?

[iago]

Generally, to change it for youself, run chsh. 

If you have admin access, you can do it yourself by editing /etc/passwd.

[Sidoh]

Generally, to change it for youself, run chsh. 

If you have admin access, you can do it yourself by editing /etc/passwd.

Where is chsh located?  I'm asuming its somewhere specified in PATH so I don't have to worry about it?

I don't have admin access.

Thanks, iago.

Just tried it.

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[mullins@grays ~]$ chsh
chsh: can only change local entries; use ypchsh instead.
[mullins@grays ~]$ locate ypchsh
/usr/share/man/man1/ypchsh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/ypchsh.1.gz
/usr/bin/ypchsh
[mullins@grays ~]$ ypchsh
Changing NIS account information for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
Please enter password:

Changing login shell for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
To accept the default, simply press return. To use the
system's default shell, type the word "none".
Login shell [/usr/local/bin/tcsh]: /usr/bin/ypchsh
Error while changing the login shell.
The login shell has not been changed on bach.cs.colostate.edu.

Am I doint something incorrectly?

[iago]

Login shell [/usr/local/bin/tcsh]: /usr/bin/ypchsh
Error while changing the login shell.



At that point, you want to give it the path to bash.  For a list of installed shells + paths, check /etc/shells.

[Sidoh]

Oh!  Haha.

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[mullins@grays ~]$ grep "bash" /etc/shells
/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/bash
[mullins@grays ~]$ ypchsh
Changing NIS account information for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
Please enter password:

Changing login shell for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
To accept the default, simply press return. To use the
system's default shell, type the word "none".
Login shell [/usr/local/bin/tcsh]: /usr/local/bin/bash
Error while changing the login shell.
The login shell has not been changed on bach.cs.colostate.edu.

[mullins@grays ~]$ ypchsh
Changing NIS account information for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
Please enter password:

Changing login shell for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
To accept the default, simply press return. To use the
system's default shell, type the word "none".
Login shell [/usr/local/bin/tcsh]: /bin/bash
Error while changing the login shell.
The login shell has not been changed on bach.cs.colostate.edu.

Am I doing something incorrectly?

Oh, also:

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[mullins@grays ~]$ /usr/local/bin/bash
cat: /etc/HOSTNAME: No such file or directory
mullins@grays:~$                   

[nslay]

Oh!  Haha.

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[mullins@grays ~]$ grep "bash" /etc/shells
/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/bash
[mullins@grays ~]$ ypchsh
Changing NIS account information for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
Please enter password:

Changing login shell for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
To accept the default, simply press return. To use the
system's default shell, type the word "none".
Login shell [/usr/local/bin/tcsh]: /usr/local/bin/bash
Error while changing the login shell.
The login shell has not been changed on bach.cs.colostate.edu.

[mullins@grays ~]$ ypchsh
Changing NIS account information for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
Please enter password:

Changing login shell for mullins on bach.cs.colostate.edu.
To accept the default, simply press return. To use the
system's default shell, type the word "none".
Login shell [/usr/local/bin/tcsh]: /bin/bash
Error while changing the login shell.
The login shell has not been changed on bach.cs.colostate.edu.

Am I doing something incorrectly?

Oh, also:

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[mullins@grays ~]$ /usr/local/bin/bash
cat: /etc/HOSTNAME: No such file or directory
mullins@grays:~$                   

try executing:
which bash
or
whereis bash

Chances are, it might not have bash.

EDIT: Oh yeah, try executing ps to see if you're running bash.
It might have bash on some remote mount ... I know, for example SDF has some of their utilities mounted on NFS and that to chsh you have to ssh to their file server to do it.