in reply to RE: I currently have terminals open on X machines
in thread I currently have terminals open on X machines

Or repeated failures to su ...

Not that I have ever done that. Oh, that's a damned lie. I've done it, and even when I've made the windows different colours. Remind me to pay attention some day.

Philosophy can be made out of anything. Or less -- Jerry A. Fodor

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Re: RE: RE: I currently have terminals open on X machines
by krujos (Curate) on Sep 19, 2002 at 15:33 UTC
    We came up with a fun way around that (it still involves paying attention, but not as much). Put the host name in your prompt (root:<catnip> for instance. With yellow pages this becomes really easy.