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I am trying to change the text color of the command line according to which user is logged in. I have placed the following in both '/etc/profile' and '/etc/bashrc' , but it doesn't work.<br />
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if [ $USER = 'root' ] ; then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; COLOUR=41 &nbsp;#red<br />
else<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; COLOUR=44 &nbsp;#blue<br />
fi<br />
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I am using RH6, what I am missing to make this work?<br />
Thanks<br />

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I am trying to change the text color of the command line according to which user is logged in. I have placed the following in both '/etc/profile' and '/etc/bashrc' , but it doesn't work.

if [ $USER = 'root' ] ; then
        COLOUR=41  #red
else
        COLOUR=44  #blue
fi

I am using RH6, what I am missing to make this work?
Thanks


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