ron wrote: >> if you don't mind the fact your hostname changed but just want to >> control the bash prompt. > >> -Andy >> ------------------------------- > > Andy, > > I CHANGED THIS FILE: > > /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf > > I tried adding: . . > but it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong? Why not make it easy on yourself... If you look in /etc/bashrc you can see how the bash prompt is formed starting at line 15. You can modify your .bashrc based on that to get whatever you need/like. I've got some hideously long directory names so I just simply add: PS1="[\u@\h ]\\$ "
