Connecting to the wrong server
Connecting to the wrong server
[Meme transcription:]
– Hey, why is the shell prompt on the production server red now?
– Earlier: me@prod:~$ docker container remove --force the-application
Protip: If you’re used to shutting down your computer via the CLI, make it a habit to use an alias like off.
This way you will never, ever turn off a remote server by accidentally using throwing poweroff at a residual SSH connection.
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If you’re using a descendant of Debian, you will find a line like this in your
~/.bashrcfile:PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$The
32mpart controls the color of the username. (\u). 1 is red, 2 is green (as seen in the user and host part,\u@\h), 3 (as seen for the directory,\w) is blue.You can use this to distinguish different hosts by color.
Oh, so we're Winkelschleifern prompts now?
As normal user, the username is also green, and the # is a $
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Shell colors change the game really. I did this at work; when I'm on the admin server my prompt is rainbow, other servers black (I use a solarized light terminal). It has saved me so many times.