Questions tagged [prompt]
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How to Make the IP Address Appear as Part of Bash Prompt?
Running an Amazon EC2 instance with Ubuntu 22.04. The elastic ip address is 52.120.94.72.
I want the bash prompt to read like this (no space)
[email protected]:~/working_directory$
Based on some ...
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Custom SSH password prompt on Linux
I want to modify the ssh (OpenSSH) password prompt on ssh [email protected]
from:
[email protected]'s password:
to:
user's password:
How can achieve this?
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When using rsh i'm getting prompt for the password, but other SLES12 servers are working without prompting password
[ 2 root ] $ cat /etc/securetty
#
# This file contains the device names of tty lines (one per line,
# without leading /dev/) on which root is allowed to login.
#
tty1
tty2
tty3
tty4
tty5
tty6
rsh
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The {0} ok prompt is missing a # inside the {} [closed]
We have tried to replicate at our lab facility but were unable to get empty braces {}. We tried with hard drives in place and with none. There is also no errors indicated when using the rotary switch ...
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Cognos Analytics 11.1.6 - Reports Requesting User ID and Password When Clicked
I'm running Cognos Analytics 11.1.6 and restored a bunch of reports from the previous server that was running 10.2.2. A user mentioned that when she clicks a report on the 11 instance she is required ...
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PS variable for expansion of word designators
Is there an undocumented PS variable like PS2 that bash would show when it replaces a word designator into its actual value? I think it would help clarify where the command ends and where the ...
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Ansible - Is it possible to skip the execution of a role?
Here is my main playbook, which launch the roles listed below
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- hosts: slaves
roles:
- ntp
- nmap
- tcpdump
- unattended-upgrades
- traceroute
- apache
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How to display user@hostname in SSHD password prompt
When I SSH to a server, the prompt sometimes displays my user and the hostname of the server:
xavier@local:~$ ssh server1
xavier@server1's password:
Sometimes all I get is Password:
xavier@local:~...
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how do i edit the username and password prompt window for my protected virtual path?
I am using abyss web server X2 to create this username and password prompt window for my protected virtual path.
I would like to edit this prompt window or pop up with my custom text for the visitors....
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Not getting the console login prompt in HP ILO 3
Not able to get the console login in the ILO 3. When I am entering the vsp command in the ilo it is not showing the console login prompt.
Tried to reset the ilo(from the Diagnostic Option in the Web ...
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Trouble using powershell output as a variable in batch file
I can manually run this command from a Windows Command Prompt:
powershell (new-timespan -start 01/01/2000 -end (get-date)).days % 14
And it returns a number from 0 to 13. I want to use this result ...
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Change login prompt on Debian server
I need to change a telnet login prompt of Debian 4.0 server. Currently it is of form:
hostname login:
I need to have just:
login:
Apparently chnages to /etc/issue.net only influence what is ...
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Where are all the places Windows environment variables set?
When I run cmd.exe and type 'set' I have a %LIB% variable set. The value is pointing to a folder that doesn't exist, which causes warnings during Visual Studio compiles.
Here's the thing... If I go ...
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How to lock user in a shell script program?
Let's say I have a Linux OS without desktop environment. After the PC finish boot up, it will directly show the shell terminal to the user.
I plan to write a shell script program and make it ...
kwc1
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What's wrong with this bash prompt?
I use the following entry in ~/.bashrc file to colorize the prompt and display current branch of git repository:
PS1='\[\e[1;32m\]\[\u@\h\]\[\e[m\] \[\w\]\[\e[1;1m\]\[$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\] \[\e[1;1m\...
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unwanted password prompt pops up on web server?
my web server randomly asks for a password as though basic authentication is turned on. It's an IIS 7 web server and you have to specifically install basic authentication in the roles section. It isn'...
Paul
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a unix single-line editor/prompt?
I've got a bash script that would be nicer if when I prompt the user, rather than just asking for input, if it provided a line that the user could edit (but a full text editor would be overkill, it's ...
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Bash: how to know if the last command's output ends with a newline or not?
Most of the time the output of a command ends with the newline character. But sometimes it does not, so the next shell prompt is printed in the same line together with the output.
Example:
root@...
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Prompt customization: how to detect when there is no tty
I have a customized prompt with colors (using tput) and every time I start a non-interactive session in the server I get a bunch of errors.
For instance if I start a non-interactive session like this:
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Bash custom prompt breaking wrapping of long command lines
I have a custom bash prompt that colours my username, hostname and current working directory. The colours display correctly, however when I type a command line that needs to wrap, the terminal does ...
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Is there a way to delay a forced reboot?
I realize this is more appropriate for our company's admin group to field. However, pretend they are unresponsive just for the sake of discussion =)
If my system is prompting me to reboot now or in a ...
jduff
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Getting more helpful tab completion prompts in bash?
Let's say I have a directory with a few files in it like this:
$ ls
file1 file2 file3
And I want to do some tab completion in bash:
$ cat file<tab>
file1 file2 file3
I remember seeing ...
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Who decided the default shell prompts in Linux?
There are a couple of defaults in the standard Linux shell, bash, that I think need some history brought out. This question is about the prompt.
The default prompt in bash in many Linux distros is [\...
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How can I copy sanely (not using "Mark") from the Windows command prompt
Given a very long single command at the command line in Windows, I'd like to simply copy that command into clipboard.
I am just looking for the ubiquitous Shift-End , Ctrl-C type functionality almost ...
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