FreeBSD shows "%" and not "#"

[xKri]

Hi all,

I've got a really big problem with my dedicated server. When I log in in my server with ssh, the console shows me % and not #.

Anyone can help me, please?

Regards.

 

[DutchDaemon]

% means you're logged in as a regular user. The # prompt means you are the root user. Type [cmd=]su -[/cmd] and enter the root password. FreeBSD generally does not allow you to log in as root directly. This is a good thing, leave it that way.

 

[xKri]

"su" doesn't work D:
I'm logged in with root user!

 

[SirDice]

"su" doesn't work D:

Only members of the wheel group are allowed to use su(1).

I'm logged in with root user!

No, you are not. Type
$ id -a

 

[xKri]

%id -a

uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel),5(operator)

%whoami

root

 

[adamk]

If you are logged in as root, and getting % as the prompt, then it sounds like someone changed the profile for root.

Adam

 

[SirDice]

Somebody has been mucking around with the prompt. What shell are you using?

 

[xKri]

I'm using putty

 

[SirDice]

That's a secure shell client not a shell.

 

[xKri]

That's a secure shell client not a shell.

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you said.

Can you explain?
What information do you need?

 

[DutchDaemon]

[cmd=]echo $SHELL[/cmd]

You really need to learn the UNIX basics if you want to understand the help you're getting here.

 

[xKri]

%echo $SHELL

/bin/csh

 

[SirDice]

Edit ~/.cshrc. Look for a line with set prompt. Change it to:

set prompt = "%n@%m:%~%#"

Log out and back in again, or
[cmd=]source ~/.cshrc[/cmd]

 

[fonz]

I've got a really big problem with my dedicated server. When I log in in my server with ssh, the console shows me % and not #.

Why is that such a "really big problem", if I may ask?

Fonz

P.S. It is recommended that you ssh into the server using a mortal user account and then su(1) to root, instead of logging in directly as root.

 

[xKri]

I have contacted the support and they haven't found no fault on the server.

 

[SirDice]

Why would there be a fault on the server? Somebody just modified the prompt, nothing more.