asit wrote:
> I use backtrack 3.0 beta.
> My console prompt shows like this..
> bt ~ #
>
> I want to change it to my ip address and user name..like this
>
> lipu@192.168.1.189 ~ #

Whatever backtrack is, it seems to some sort of a shell and as such yu may
get better answers in comp.unix.shell.
Most shells use the environment variable PS1 for the prompt. Check your
documentation whether backtrack does too.

Bye, Jojo

On 23 Ago, 16:33, asit wrote:
> I use backtrack 3.0 beta.
> My console prompt shows like this..
> bt ~ #
>
> I want to change it to my ip address and user name..like this
>
> l...@192.168.1.189 ~ #
>
> Thanx

You're offtopic... anyway: man bash

s.

On Aug 23, 8:31 pm, Sergio Perticone wrote:
> On 23 Ago, 16:33, asit wrote:
>
> > I use backtrack 3.0 beta.
> > My console prompt shows like this..
> > bt ~ #
>
> > I want to change it to my ip address and user name..like this
>
> > l...@192.168.1.189 ~ #
>
> > Thanx
>
> You're offtopic... anyway: man bash
>
> s.

man bash is similar to oxford dictionary...it will take at least one
week to solve this problem...

On Aug 23, 12:18 pm, asit wrote:
> On Aug 23, 8:31 pm, Sergio Perticone wrote:
>
> > On 23 Ago, 16:33, asit wrote:
>
> > > I use backtrack 3.0 beta.
> > > My console prompt shows like this..
> > > bt ~ #
>
> > > I want to change it to my ip address and user name..like this
>
> > > l...@192.168.1.189 ~ #
>
> > > Thanx
>
> > You're offtopic... anyway: man bash
>
> > s.
>
> man bash is similar to oxford dictionary...it will take at least one
> week to solve this problem...

http://www.funtoo.org/en/articles/linux/tips/prompt/
http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/howtos/...-HOWTO-12.html

Kevin P. Barry

On 23 Ago, 18:18, asit wrote:
> On Aug 23, 8:31 pm, Sergio Perticone wrote:
>
> > On 23 Ago, 16:33, asit wrote:
>
> > > I use backtrack 3.0 beta.
> > > My console prompt shows like this..
> > > bt ~ #
>
> > > I want to change it to my ip address and user name..like this
>
> > > l...@192.168.1.189 ~ #
>
> > > Thanx
>
> > You're offtopic... anyway: man bash
>
> > s.
>
> man bash is similar to oxford dictionary...it will take at least one
> week to solve this problem...

I hope when you search for a word within oxford dictionary you don't
read it from begin!
Hint: Search for PROMPT.

s.