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I make it green for an ssh session, and red when I'm root. That's it, nothing fancy.
Damn it! That is such an obvious great idea, I feel like an idiot! Thank you very much! :-)
Any advice/guide how to change the color for ssh sessions?
Check for the ssh env vars. For example, I use
PS1="${SSH_CONNECTION:+\u@\h:}\W\$"
to hide the hostname when not on SSH, you could do something similar with the control codes for color.