When working on a network with multiple linux boxes it looks confusing
as all bash prompts look same (colour) and it is fairly easy to
operate when you the bash prompt is colourful...so how to make it
colourful?
Simply you have to add this entry in to your
/~home/.bashrc
i.e. in ur home directory open your .bashrc file and add this entry
#RED
PS1='\[\033[11;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\$'

#GREEN
PS1='\[\033[11;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\$'

#ORANGE
PS1='\[\033[11;33m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\$'

#BLUE
PS1='\[\033[11;34m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\$'

#PURPLE
PS1='\[\033[11;35m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\$'

#CYAN
PS1='\[\033[11;36m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\$'



The above line will make your bash shell colourful. (easy to recognize
when working with many systems ) ...even you can give ur root bash
some colour. Suppose your server is with a red bash command prompt and
ur other system is with green or someother colour.

example:-my .bashrc file is
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# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
PS1='\[\033[11;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\$'
#Make your terminal to close after a defined period of inactivity
TMOUT=15
fi
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Also as a security feature you can add a timeout entry in your .basrc
which causes your terminal to close after the given n seconds of
inactivity.

anuj