RFC: root/non-root bash prompts different colours?

[Nick Bargnesi]

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:09:09 -0500, Frank Pineau <frank at pineaus.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 14:00 -0400, Ben Steeves wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:53:15 -0500, Nick Bargnesi <nbargnesi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > -- WARNING - LOGGED IN AS ROOT --
> > > [root at machine root]#
> > >
> > > Might look obtrusive but it gets the point across to the color blind
> > > administrators and feature-less terminals.
> >
> > Reverse video is supported on just about every terminal I can think of
> > (I'm sure there are some that I can't, tho :-) -- and it works for
> > colour-blind users, too.
> >
> > Personally, all my root prompts are reversed video, with the
> > background colour different on different servers.  It helps when you
> > have root shells on four or five boxes open at once... wouldn't want
> > to shutdown the wrong server, now would we ;-)
> 
> 
> That was my prompt that Rahul posted.  Sorry about squeaking in mid-
> thread, I just joined the list.
> 
> Yeah, it's an ugly prompt, but it works well for me :)  I used to use
> all-red for root and all white for non-root, but I ran into some issues
> on some terminals I was using.
> 
> It seems to me that if a user were colour blind, then it would be the
> same net effect as not changing the prompt at all.  The prompt already
> contains the user name, as well as a # or a $ (depending on state).
> 
> I don't like the idea of adding "-- WARNING - LOGGED IN AS ROOT --"
> unless it's part of the actual prompt (which would be nuts).  When I've
> got six terminal sessions running and half are root, I need more
> indication besides a one-line banner when I first start the session.
> 

Who said it was a one-liner?  
i.e., 
export PS1="\n-- WARNING - Use your head.  You're root. --\n[\u@\h \W]$ "


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