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   Carlos E.R. to Marc Haber   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CWhat_a_Linux_ro   
   21 Jan 26 22:18:58   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-21 09:14, Marc Haber wrote:   
   > Lawrence D´Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:28:22 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> Maybe because typing sudo makes you aware that you are entering root   
   >>> territory?   
   >>   
   >> I use a different theme for my root terminal sessions: a yellow   
   >> background as a subtle reminder to be a bit more careful there.   
   >   
   > How do you make that switch automatically when you become root?   
      
   I just noticed, in my openSUSE Leap 15.6, that in the menu for "System"   
   there is a "super user terminal". This one has the icon in the panel in   
   red. It is Konsole, and the prompt (not the background), is in red.   
      
      
      Terminal - Super User Mode   
      konsole --profile "Root Shell"   
      
   I am on XFCE, though. In XFCE, when I do "su -", the prompt is also in   
   red. So I do not know what that root shell profile may do, aside from   
   setting the red icon.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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