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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:14:55 +0000
From:      Adam Nealis <adamn@csl.com>
To:        Kevin Weiss <kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: what is you favorite shell?
Message-ID:  <3727420F.39E539BA@csl.com>
References:  <19990428165736.5E70F153A8@hub.freebsd.org>

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Kevin Weiss wrote:
> 
> same shells, which one do you think is best to use for:
> 
> a normal user account?
> 
> root?
> 
> I use bash for my users, and csh for my root.  I've heard many knocks
> against bash though...what do you think?
I wouldn't recommend csh for root - certainly not for shell
scripting either. Too limited.

I have no problems with bash 2 as root user. Tho' I do make
sure it's copied into /bin as the default install is to
/usr/local/bin.


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