On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 09:54:42AM +0100, Neil.Thompson@shepway.gov.uk wrote:
> I'm a newbie to all things linux and have the following problem
>
> running red hat linux 9 i log into my pc, change to su - and type the
> password, all is ok and i get root@localhost <mailto:root@localhost>
>
> I'm trying now to configure postgresql, which i installed with linux and it
> says to su - postgres, i do this but instead of getting postgres@localhost
> <mailto:postgres@localhost> i get -bash-2.05b$ , is this right? or do i
> need to reinstall something / update something?
The important is user identity, you can check it by 'id' command:
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
# su - postgres
$ id
uid=31(postgres) gid=32(postgres) groups=32(postgres)
Your '-bash-2.05b$' is only prompt and depend on PS1 environment value
setting. You can found more information in 'man bash' in the
/etc/profile file or other places...
Karel
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