> Hi All
> 
> I have wondered about this for some time and I know it can be fixed 
> but just not sure how?  On my NetBSD box(es) I currently have a 
> bash-2.05# # Root prompt
> bash-2.05$ # User prompt
> 
> How can I make it some more elegant like
> roger@hostname /home/roger $ 
> 
I use:

PS1="\\h@\\u \\w#"
export PS1

it works for me... ;)