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Terminal prompt: msg#00700

Subject: Terminal prompt
Hello,

i have a suggestion about the default terminal prompt. The normal prompt looks somethink like this:

heinz@workstation:~ $

I think a color code (green for user, red for root, and a color for the host) will be better.

As user sascha:

sascha@workstaton:~>
\___/  \_______/
green    blue

As root user:

root@workstaton:~>
\_/  \_______/
red    blue

Via ssh on another computer (not the problem ob ubuntu)

sascha@cerberos:~>
\___/  \_____/
green   yellow

This will the user easily show what kind of account he use on the terminal. Yes i know we don't use root at a normal installation but the most people i know using ubuntu has gave their root a passwort and use it via su.

cheers
Sascha


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