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Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:05:39 +0000 ()
From: Nessus <jandrese@vt.edu>
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To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
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Subject: Re: How can I chang my root shell
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Wes Peters wrote:

=)gippolit@ccsmtp2.eccs.com wrote:
=) 
=) =)     How do I change my root shell
=)
=)jandrese@vt.edu replied:
=) > You don't want to do this.  Login as a regular user and su to root
=) > instead, it will keep the original user's shell (assuming you don't use
=) > the -l option)  
=) > The reason for this:
=) > Assume you change root's shell to /usr/local/bin/tcsh, then later on,
=) > something breaks in your rc, /usr won't be mounted and root won't have a
=) > shell.  
=)
=)If you really want a root login account, create another account with
=)uid/gid of zero.  I have a 'rootb' account on my machines, which is root
=)with the bash shell.  This leaves root in the standard configuration,
=)but gives me a login account with a usable shell.  ;^)
=)
=)BTW, doing an 'su' without using '-' is dangerous, you often have PATH
=)entries in your account that you *really don't want* while root.
=)

Hmmm, would it be dangerous to use, say sh as your root shell, but adding:
if [ -e /usr/local/bin/zsh ]
	then
		/usr/local/bin/zsh
fi

to your .login?

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