Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 13:45:56 -0400 From: media@ct1.nai.net To: dima@unixfreak.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing root shell?? Message-ID: <v03130305b6120726511b@[209.150.34.51]> In-Reply-To: <20001014210437.E41B61F03@static.unixfreak.org> References: <v03130302b60dfbae4a1e@[209.150.34.194]> "from media@ct1.nai.net at Oct 14, 2000 04:09:45 pm"
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At 2:04 PM -0700 10/14/00, Dima Dorfman wrote: > >I think some people say that because they've upgraded their system >using `make world`, but didn't update /stand, so when they run a three >year old version of sysinstall on a brand new system, something goes >wrong--and you can't blame it. Thanx :) That's a very good explanation. >They're both uid 0, so I don't see how toor is any more accessable >than root. All restrictions (no telent/ftp logins) apply to both of >them. Maybe whoever said that was referring to the case where you >forget your root password and don't have physical access to the host >in question. So why should I activate toor?? I don't need remote access. If I can't get at the computer, I have a bigger problem of being locked out of my house. >Things like chsh and vipw do it for you. If possible, you should use >them. If not, look at `man pwd_mkdb`. OK :) >That's good. Your local programs should go into /usr/local, just like >how you have it. OK :) >As multiple people have suggest before, doing "setenv EDITOR ee" in >(t)csh or "export EDITOR=ee" in (ba)sh will change the default >editor. You can add those to your .cshrc or .profile to run when you >log in for csh and sh respevitly. Thanx!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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