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Re: Default PS1


From: Greg Wooledge
Subject: Re: Default PS1
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:39:12 -0400

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 01:49:41PM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
> Or, what do you mean by 'default'?  Is it sufficient
> to set it in the system /etc/profile so it is the default
> for all users when logging in?

Sadly, that won't work.  There are plenty of *extremely* common paths
from power-on to shell which do not read /etc/profile.

This sort of request (a polite word) is precisely why SYS_BASHRC was
created.



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