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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 18:30:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:      jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: what is you favorite shell?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904281822540.46974-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990428132726.10204Y-100000@cygnus.rush.net>

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Today Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> *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 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.

In single user the shell listed in the password file is ignored.
The "Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: " prompt
determines the shell in single user mode.  RETURN invokes sh even
with a default root shell of /usr/local/bin/tcsh.  The One True
Shell.  :)

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