The following table shows the default system and superuser prompts for the C, Bourne, and Korn shells.
TABLE P-2 Shell Prompts in Command Examples
Shell
Prompt
C shell user prompt
machine_name%
C shell superuser (root) prompt
machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell user prompt
$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser (root) prompt
#
Note - Although the majority of commands can be run without special superuser permissions, some commands can only be performed as root; these commands include: imta dirsync, imta start, imta stop, and imta restart. Other commands that require root privileges are noted within the document.