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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 14:31:02 -0500
From:      Jason Godfrey <godfreja@acm.cs.uwec.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what is you favorite shell?
Message-ID:  <19990428143102.A1367@uwec.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990428132726.10204Y-100000@cygnus.rush.net>; from Alfred Perlstein on Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 01:30:19PM -0500
References:  <3727420F.39E539BA@csl.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990428132726.10204Y-100000@cygnus.rush.net>

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On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 01:30:19PM -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> *slap* *slap*
> 
> is your /bin/bash statically linked?  If not expect a hell of a time
> using it in single user mode.  (no /usr/lib available)

I really don't think it's that much of a big deal. If you are booting into
single user mode you get asked what you want for shell anyways. Just type 
/bin/sh or /bin/csh.

> 
> I see too many people coming from Linux thinking that this is _ok_
> to do.  It is NOT.  Typing 'bash' after 'su' don't kill you.

  The approach I usually take is make roots shell tcsh and activate the
toor account with /bin/csh as the login shell. That way if I need a non
single user root account when tcsh is screwed up I have a way in.

> the 'local' subtree is there for a reason.

  Now that I agree with. In fact, it frustrates me that so many X ports
put stuff in /usr/X11R6/bin.

-- Jason


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