PS1='$ ' for commands run by the user, PS1='# ' for those run by root. sudo is run by the user so it should be '$ '.

... and to run a command as root, you need to use 'sudo' as a user. # command and $ sudo command are functionally the same.

Hi there, I was trying to dumb it down, since the original poster appeared to be a novice and may not know fancy terms such as “root”. sudo is one method, and the most commonly used one. Yes, the environment is different when using sudo, but that doesn’t matter for most commands. Functionally, they are mostly the same here, so I don’t know what your point was. Cheers, Aᴀʀᴏɴ

Hello, I would like to suggest 2 things. Firstly, please offlist if you are correcting someone, I doubt Aaron wants to be publicly shamed in front of the entire mailing list, and its a simple syntax mistake which is causing a ton of noise, the thread has went from helping someone to correcting someone which is unhelpful. Secondly, in response to this:

I was trying to dumb it down, since the original poster appeared to be a novice and may not know fancy terms such as “root”. sudo is one method, and the most commonly used one. Yes, the environment is different when using sudo, but that doesn’t matter for most commands. Functionally, they are mostly the same here, so I don’t know what your point was.

You shouldn't dumb it down, firstly you implied that Janusz isn't experienced enough to have the full explanation, which is mean. Secondly, Arch Linux is picked because it gives you full control over your system, it has no specific purpose, but can be installed to fit any role (server, CI, desktop etc), "dumbing it down" will only hinder users. Its better if you give them the entire picture, like the ArchWiki does, and walk them through each step explaining what it does and why you need to do it, spoon feeding is discouraged. A simple question has grown into a large thread. Note for Janusz, most of the time the ArchWiki will contain indepth (unless its flagged for expansion or for inaccuracy) explanations on how to setup things on Arch Linux. Often your answer will be found there. Asking before reading the Wiki will likely get you sent a wiki link, and not an explanation. If you don't understand a page feel free to bring it up in the talk pages so that the page can be improved, or ask in the mailing list for additional support (or on IRC). Happy new year to you all. Take care, -- Polarian GPG signature: 0770E5312238C760 Website: https://polarian.dev JID/XMPP: polarian@icebound.dev

Hi, I don’t see how it implies # sudo . To me, “# sudo …” implies “$ sudo sudo …”, which doesn’t make sense. I don’t see how “commands that should be ran with sudo [are] prefixed with a #” implies running that sudo as root. Also, I agree with you that this isn’t shaming of any kind :p Cheers, Aᴀʀᴏɴ

Huh, that's news! Nice! However, AFAIK that wouldn't magically replace all the existing installations that use dbus-daemon. Existing systems would still need to replace it manually, unless I'm missing something. -- Cheers, Aᴀʀᴏɴ