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Re: PS1 corrupted through "su"

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From: Steve Reid <sreid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: John Galbraith <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PS1 corrupted through "su"
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:10:55 -0800
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In-reply-to: <14448.55754.322294.62194@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from John Galbraith on Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 10:25:56AM -0700
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On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 10:25:56AM -0700, John Galbraith wrote:
> export PS1="%(?.${yellow}.${red})%~%(!.${red}#.${cyan}%%)${normal} "
> This works great, until I su root.
[snip]
> If I then start a new shell as root (by typing "zsh"), things work as
> expected.

Root's shell being set to something other than zsh would cause the
behavior you're seeing.

You've probably checked that already, but sometimes the obvious things
are the easiest to forget.

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