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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="917272816-03032011">it does not appear that you can use the "#" pound sign in any variable in the pam_env module.
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="917272816-03032011">It looks like any pound is interpreted as the beginning of a comment.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="917272816-03032011">As a result one cannot set the prompt string "PS1" for root to the "#"
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