[wplug] setting hostname
Chris
vze2f6h6 at verizon.net
Thu Jan 15 09:16:29 EST 2004
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wplug-admin at wplug.org wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a server that is virtually hosting a few websites for
> my friends and
> others. I give everyone shell access with SSH and on the
> command line I
> want the prompt to read "[username at hostname] $" where hostname is the
> virtual domain name they used to login. So say friend 1
> logins to domain1
> and friend 2 logins to domain 2, I want the prompts to read
> "[friend1 at domain1]$" and "[friend2 at domain2]$" respectively.
> Now of course
> both of those domains resolve to the same IP address. I was
> just wondering
> if there was a way I can use sshd to figure out what hostname
> they typed in
> and set HOSTNAME accordingly. Maybe I'm not able to figure
> out that with
> sshd, but if anyone has any ideas please let me know. Thank you.
>
Can't you put commands in their .bashrc file that changes the prompt. It
will only involve modifing their files once and if it's only a couple of
people will take no time at all.
Chris Romano
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