Terminal Colors

asked 2012-01-30 13:38:22 -0500

atobi
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updated 2014-09-28 19:14:30 -0500

mether
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Hi,

I'm currently have two profiles in my terminal: the Default and a "root" (different colors) I created for when I'm switching to ... yes, root. I made this so I remember I'm root and don't compile/make/... It happened (a lot).

Now, I still have to switch manually to that profile. But also that I do forget once and a while; so I would like my terminal to switch automatically to the "root" profile when I switch to root.

Is this possible and how? :)

Many thanks,

Glenn

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answered 2012-01-30 13:58:28 -0500

KevinA
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Glenn, What is the difference between the two profiles? Is it just colors of the prompt or colors of all the text within the terminal? If it is the color of the terminal prompt then you should be able to modify the .bashrc belonging to root and set the PS1 variable to set the prompt how you would like it to appear. The link below has more information on customizing the terminal prompt color.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-change-the-color-of-my-shell-prompt-under-linux-or-unix/

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answered 2012-01-31 10:46:30 -0500

bigben87

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updated 2012-01-31 10:53:38 -0500

If you have trouble remembering which user you currently are, why not stop switching users altogether? Install sudo via su -c 'yum install sudo' and disable the root account via su -c 'passwd -l root'.

If you prefer su -c '<command>' over sudo <command>, you might just change your behavior, as suggested by FranciscoD_.