Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:34:58 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, current@freebsd.org, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root Message-ID: <82d7f4d1-5ce9-c7ed-d993-b16b3ddac6e3@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20210922083645.4vnoajyvwq6wfhdf@aniel.nours.eu> References: <20210922083645.4vnoajyvwq6wfhdf@aniel.nours.eu>
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On 9/22/21 1:36 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > Hello, > > TL;DR: this is not a proposal to deorbit csh from base!!! > > For years now, csh is the default root shell for FreeBSD, csh can be confusing > as a default shell for many as all other unix like settled on a bourne shell > compatible interactive shell: zsh, bash, or variant of ksh. > > Recently our sh(1) has receive update to make it more user friendly in > interactive mode: > * command completion (thanks pstef@) > * improvement in the emacs mode, to make it behave by default like other shells > * improvement in the vi mode (in particular the vi edit to respect $EDITOR) > * support for history as described by POSIX. > > This makes it a usable shell by default, which is why I would like to propose to > make it the default shell for root starting FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE (not MFCed) > > If no strong arguments has been raised until October 15th, I will make this > proposal happen. > > Again just in case: THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE CSH FROM BASE! I think this is fine. I would also be fine with either removing 'toor' from the default password file or just leaving it as-is for POLA. (I would probably prefer removing it outright.) -- John Baldwin
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