Re: [PATCH] base-files-4.2-1: Change prompt if running with admin rights

[Christian Franke <Christian.Franke@t-online.de>]

Thomas Wolff wrote:
> I use this in .bashrc (to embed $rootmark in an ESC sequence in PS1 
> later).
> I think it doesn't have specific dependencies and also it's portable 
> (except the group names are Windows ones...).

It's not portable because Windows default user/group names are localized.


>   if id | grep -e "gid=.*(root)" -e "gid=.*(Administrators)" > /dev/null
>   then    rootmark="30;41"; dirmark=7
>   elif id | grep -e "gid=.*(Power Users)" > /dev/null

German Windows uses "Administratoren", "Hauptbenutzer", 
"Domänen-Admins', ...


>   then    rootmark="30;43"; dirmark=7
>   else    rootmark=0; dirmark="33;44"
>   fi
>
> Also I embed [$SHLVL] in PS1 unless it's 0, just as a suggestion.

Makes sense. I vote +1 for the base-file's /etc/bash.bashrc :-)

Christian


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