box name

[tony500]

How would I change my box name that shows up at the promt on every line. i.e. username@boxname] #
Tony You can usually find me at

http://www.constantreader.net

 

[RhythmAce]

hostname newboxname

You may have to logout then back in before you see the change to the prompt.

 

[bluegroper]

Or try perhaps

# hostname newboxname

for greater chance of it working.

 

[flugh]

How about:

export PS1="[\u@whateveryouwanttoseehere]\$"

;-)

And no need to logout for the change to be made. Once you find a happy prompt, add it to your ~/.bashrc, then

. ~/.bashrc

This prompt thing can really get out of hand too. Get started on your own CPU-intensive creation at:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/

--
JR

 

[franklin97355]

What was wrong with RythmAce's answer

 

[danielhozac]

I don't see anything wrong with RhythmAce's answer. //Daniel

 

[flugh]

Doh! I interpretted that as a bash prompt question rather than hostname question. My fault.

Bleh. More reason not to surf when suffering from sleep deprivation ;-) --
JR

 

[bluegroper]

"I don't see anything wrong with RhythmAce's answer."

Only that it prolly should be done as su, ie from the # command line.

Pedantic. I know.

 

[danielhozac]

The # or $ has nothing at all to do with this. My root prompt is exactly the same as my regular user's prompt, except for the username part, of course. //Daniel