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Created January 15, 2014 21:46
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Changes the prompt (PS1) to green text for a normal user, red for root, and yellow for any other user attained via sudo.
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bash_prompt-ps1-privileges.sh
color_root=$(tput setaf 1)
color_user=$(tput setaf 2)
color_sudo=$(tput setaf 3)
color_reset=$(tput sgr0)
// root user
if (( EUID == 0 )); then
PS1="\\[$color_root\\]$PS1\\[$color_reset\\]"
// sudo user
elif [[ $SUDO_USER ]]; then
PS1="\\[$color_sudo\\]$PS1\\[$color_reset\\]"
// all other users
else
PS1="\\[$color_user\\]$PS1\\[$color_reset\\]"
fi
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