Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:16:50 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Sniper <kkiller@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root shell Message-ID: <20090301161650.GB15344@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <d2f26f270903010650h243df36bx2ea07d434567633e@mail.gmail.com> References: <d2f26f270903010650h243df36bx2ea07d434567633e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 03:50:29PM +0100, Sniper wrote: > > Hi! > > I heard that changing root shell to bash is not good idea, also programing > in any C shell not applicable. So which shell is the most appropriate for > root user ? > I changed my root shell to pdksh with no ill-effects. I just copied it from /usr/local/bin to /bin and added it to /etc/shells. Then vipw. pdksh is statically linked and I don't know if bash is. If it's not you wont be able to use it in single user mode but you can always use /bin/sh instead. Another option is to use the toor account rather than messing around with root. I think programming with csh is deprecated nowadays - a shell guru could tell you if that's true. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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