How do I make the apple terminal window auto change colour scheme when I ssh to a specific server

Question

When I ssh into a remote production server I would like the colour scheme of my terminal window to change to something brigh and scary, preferably red, to warn me that I am

Answer 1

You can set the $PS1 variable in your .bashrc.

red='\e[0;31m'
PS1="$\[${red}\]"

EDIT: To do this open the Terminal. Then say

#touch .bashrc

You can then open .bashrc in textEdit or in TextWrangler and add the previous commands.