Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:03:02 -0500 From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Why csh on Root? Message-ID: <200610191303.k9JD322j081114@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Is there any particular reason why FreeBSD has csh as the default root shell? Nothing really wrong with it except that I quit using csh about twelve years ago and so am a little rusty about the finer details when I come across a csh shell. On a number of FreeBSD4.x systems, I used chsh to change root's shell after installing bash and the only thing I noticed was that one should be careful of the $PATH variable and make sure it at least hits all the same directories in the same order. Other than that, it worked. On a recent upgrade to 5.4, I noticed the C shell is still default so I figured I would ask before changing it so as not to introduce hidden problems later. Basically, I like bash better and also add a couple more paths such as /usr/local/etc for home-grown applications. Thanks for your thoughts. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group
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