Subject: Re: How do I start ppp without being root
To: Roger Fischer <roger@badger1.net>
From: Dan McMahill <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/28/1998 13:53:21
In message <l03102801b142ee8eb2b0@[192.168.0.3]>, Roger Fischer writes:
>#2
>How do I get my prompt to change when I 'su root'?  If I 'su -' it does a
>full login and that works, but that changes my directory and everything.

In my /.cshrc file, at the end I have:

if ($?prompt) then
        set prompt="`hostname -s`# "
endif

This changes the prompt.  Note that root has /bin/csh as the
shell on my machine.  

If you use sh instead, you may need to check the /.profile (?)
file


Dan